1839 Large Cents - 4 Types! - Coin Community Forum

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TimNH Valued Member United States 416 Posts	Posted 04/07/2025 5:50 pm Thought this was cool, here's a 'type set' of 1839 cents, I found 2 of them just picking through my sack of random large cents, grabbed the other 2 cheaply on ebay, 20-30 bucks. What a crazy year in the cent world, they started with the Head of 1838, then the Silly, the Booby, and the Head of 1840/Petite Head, all in one year. And there is a 5th type, a rare "1839/6" overdate that is a lot harder to get, I'll skip that for now, just thought it was cool to see this much variety in a single year. Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73579 Posts	Posted 04/07/2025 6:02 pm Great purchases! Good information as well. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
thecoinguy1964 Pillar of the Community United States 1300 Posts	Posted 04/07/2025 7:41 pm I wish I was educated on the different varieties. As soon as I started my book set, I knew I was in over my head. I have approximately 500 loose large cents, with my variety coins in individual ziplocks. Edited by thecoinguy1964 04/08/2025 09:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10472 Posts	Posted 04/08/2025 12:59 am Nice grouping of large cents! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 04/08/2025 09:49 am Fantastic! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 07/31/2025 02:50 am The 1839/6 is a frustrating variety. By absolute rarity it is only an R-3 a not so common variety, but since it is well known and a RedBook variety it is popular and most all the unattributed pieces have been snapped up. So the coin is considerably more expensive than the typical R-3 Report this Post to the Staff
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