Large Cent Varieties In 2011 Charlton's

Very lucky. It is an interesting and scarce coin. When we wrote the section, I knew of four pieces. It stands to reason that there are more, but given their scarcity I don't think the die lasted very long. That die is also one of the obverse 2 over obverse 1 dies.

The pricing in the variety section was set based upon the apparent scarcity and demand for the various varieties. However, making the variety prices reasonably fit with the scarcity, demand, and pricing for the 1859 DP1 and DP2 was a challenge. In the end the market will settle out where it setttles out on these varieties.

As an interesting example of variety pricing, an 1859 triple punched 9 cent has been available on E-Bay for a couple of months at a price near that listed in the new Charlton variety section. It is a very scarce coin, but hasn't sold yet, probably because of the price.

My suspicion is that most variety collectors will not pay that price now because they harbor hopes of cherry picking that piece at the regular 1859 price. That is what variety collectors have done for years and for now it keeps the actual trading prices of these coins down.

Now that varieties are becoming more publicized, we will see them become much harder to find as unattributed varieties. Collectors will find them and most will disappear fromt he general cent population. That is when we will see if the popularity of variety collecting (demand) and the scarcity of some of these varieties (supply) work to drive the price up to levels consistent with the 1859 DP1 and DP2. Quite frankly, many of the varieties listed in the new Charlton section, including the 1859 TP1, are much scarcer than either the DP1 or DP2, but for now they have much less demand.

P.S. Just to make sure we are talking about the same variety, yours should have a die crack and a die chip in the C of VICTORIA. There are other hub doubled 1882H cents with much less doubling than the one in the Charlton catalog.

Bosox, thanks for the info! Two of the three have the die crack and die chip in the C of Victoria, as well as pronounced doubling of the adjacent T. The third has REGINA with doubling but it's more subdued as if it's an early die example.

Here they are. The first example is a little rough. It has some rim and surface damage. Obviously a dug item. But it has the strongest doubling of the three. The second coin is a lower grade and



the die crack on C isn't as robust. The third coin has subtle doubling of the letters of REGINA and the two A's in Canada.

The Second one.

The first two look to be the one listed in the Charlton catalog. The third is also a known 2 over 1 die, but a different die, one with the denticles also doubled between VICTORIA and CANADA.

Hi Bosox, can you recommend where I can look for resources (other than coinsandcanada.com and Charltons) for comprehensive coin varieties?

Thx

(sorry this is a little off topic)