I have just come across a set of large cents from 1793-1857 and Franklin Halves from 1948 - 1963. The Large Cents are missing a few but the book is full of some of the same coins. I was wondering if anyone could share some information about the Large Cents. I have already Emailed a few people but it takes a few days to get a response and going to go see someone in town that knows about coins. But was wondering what you guys know about these. Edit- Dont know if i can post pictures yet with 1 post but if it works heres a picture of them out of the book. Horrible quality picture dont have a camera just using my cellphone but thats the coins
First of all- put them in a box then sell them to me! just kidding!! a list of the dates would be helpfull then maybe we could look at the coins of interest!
Welcome to CT , Really can't see your coins good enough to give you any advice , how about some close up pics of a few of the better ones . rzage
Heres a list and ill take pictures from there. The first one i cant tell at all it looks like 1784 but it thought it started in 1793 But other that that they are: 1795, 1798 x2, 1801 x2, 1802 x2, 1803 x4, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1814, 1816 x2, 1821, 1822, 1827 x2, 1828 x2, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1834 x2, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1839 x4, 1840, 1843, 1844 x2, 1845, 1846, 1847 x2, 1848 x2, 1849 x2, 1850 x2, 1851 x4, 1852, 1853 x3, 1854 x2, 1855, 1856, 1857
All 1700's US coins are worth getting a better look at. You should definitely get us some more detailed pics of those
look for a reeded adge on the 1795,l would like to see an obverse pic. 1803 where the 1 has a line to the left on the top serrif on both 1 and 100. Like to see a pic of the 1807 (looking 4 sm 1807 7 over 6 blunt 1). 1834 large 8 and stars with medium letters. and 1839 date area. These are the ones with the most potential for value. Also, where did U find such treasures?
I will take a high quality pic of all of them tomorow after work when ill have a good camera. I got these from a friend whos going to iraq for 12 months and his dad died and he told us to clean his house out him before the salvation army took everything else. I got countless records along with a car but ill post the pictures tomorow after work. Thanks for the help.
I have found early coppers to be the most challenging US coins to grade accurately / determine value. There's a lot of reasons for that, but a toughie for me is this : there are so few truly "problem free" coins. The vast majority "got issues", great or small. So either I wait forever and pay premium, or accept a coin with minor issues and try to guess-timate the $$$ impact of those imperfections. There's no price guide for that ! Much trickier using auction results / greysheet to estimate value. The farther back I go, the tougher it gets.
Well i found a camera but its not good enough to take pictures of the coins perfectly. I also found a scanner but not the cord to connect it to the computer so I guess ill wait till later to get a nicer camera or find someone with a scanner. Im probly gonna take the coins to a coin place here in town to in a bit to see what they have to say.
