185? Braided Hair Large Cent Date Question

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tbenson New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 01/07/2011 6:45 pm Hi, I'm a novice, so pardon the possibly dumb question and the poor photograph. I have an 1850-something large cent. The final number is mostly worn off, but it looks like the top of a 3, but it's quite a ways away from the 5. Is this just probably a too-worn 1853 or is there an error variety that moved the 3 (or whatever the number is) too far to the right? Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

at4user New Member United States 35 Posts	Posted 01/07/2011 8:00 pm I'm no pro, but it looks like you just have a worn down cent from the pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/10/2011 11:04 am I think you are a the wrong end of the cents. From what I see you have a cent from the 1816 - 1819 period. The end of Liberty's bust stopped being that shape in 1834 and the extremely wide space between the 1 and 8 tells me it is from early in the middle date series. Pictures of the whole coin might let me narrow it down more. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/10/2011 11:34 am I concur with Conder, definitely not an 1850 something coin since it is not even a Braided Hair type. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 01/10/2011 6:53 pm Conder101 is right on with this. When the coin obverse bust changed from 1814 to 1816 the lower curl below the bust lengthened. Here's a picture of an 1816. The 3rd digit of your date (which kind of looks like a 5) I think is the top if the 1. What do you think? and to the Forum! Post more of your collection! We LOVE pictures! Edited by Moe145 01/10/2011 6:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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