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1802 Large Cent

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 Posted 06/21/2010  7:25 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add StJoeBlues to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My great uncle, William Schill, was a coin collector. When I was 8 years old, I started showing an interest in coins. My mother told him about this interest and he gave me a number of foreign and US coins to start me off, all of which I still have. Included in them were two large cents. One of them is nearly flat with just a hint of the bust on the obverse and nothing visible on the reverse. The other one is pictured here.


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For years, I never knew the date. Just recently I found out about all the varieties and how they were catalogued. So I spent some time researching the large cent that he gave me. I believe it's an 1802 Sheldon 231 stemless reverse. What do you think?

BTW - If I wasn't paying for Christian school for 3 kids with another starting in a year, I would definitely add a number of these to my collection.

Matt


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 Posted 06/21/2010  8:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have very little knowledge about these coins, but I appreciated the story behind the coin.
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 Posted 06/22/2010  11:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Darth Anarchus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
... But a beautiful piece of American History...
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I would grade it FR-2 but your family history makes it worth much more than a regular dateless Draped Bust cent
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 Posted 06/23/2010  3:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SA4H to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I totally agree with biokemist6.
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