Two Nice Large Cents

I may have posted these before, but these are better pictures which do them justice.

Also, they are just nice to look at.

1802:





1803:

 

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Very nice cents, Eduard!

 

I have edited out the Sheldon attributions in case someone want to try attributing them.

 

Agreed two really nice specimens.

 

The 1803 cent is a small date, large fraction variety, so it’s in the range S-257 to S-261. It can be easily identified as an S-261 because of the large arcing obverse die crack. See https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1803-1c-small-date-lg-frac-bn/1485

Don’t know about the 1802 cent though. I’ll leave it to someone else

 

Very nice coins. How does the doubling of the "S" of STATES come to be on the 1802 coin? Are the Dies for these coin not machine engraved?

 

Absolutely correct about the 1803! good job Michael.

 

Nice coins.

 

Yes, those are very nice pieces.

 

Mmmmmm, die cracks
I like them and you have a particularly interesting one on the 1803.

 

Wonderful coins, Eduards. I like 1803 best, the die cracks give it character.

 

The 1802 has a re-punched "S" in "STATE(S")". Which ever variety has this feature?

 

This is an interesting variety which in fact shows 3 engraving errors on the reverse. You mentioned one of them ('S' first cut too low, then corrected), there are two more....it is assumed this was due to a rather unskilled engraver at the mint, daydreaming possibly. Anyway, he managed to put three errors into this reverse.

 

Not my series, Eduard.
But very impressive, a feast for the eyes.

 

Wonderful coins, and terrific photos too. Thanks for sharing.

 

Always high quality and good dates Ed.

 

Are the other two no stems and two fraction bars? Very nice pair of large cents.

 

The 1802 is the no stems reverse. S-241.

Double fraction bar.

 

Beautiful coins, I love that chocolate brown color. well done, Eduard!

 

Daydreaming... or drunk? Lol

There’s a second line at the fraction, which shouldn’t be there. It doesn’t look like your typical die crack... is this was the posters above called double fraction bar? It also seems the bottom part of the branches are missing, which seems to be known as stemless variety?