1794 Large Cent- Help with Variety

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  1. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Can anyone tell me what variety this is?

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  3. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    Maybe head of '94?
     
  4. aubade21

    aubade21 Well-Known Member

    It looks like the S-30 to me. I can't be certain without being able to enlarge the photos though.
     
  5. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Yep S-30 no doubt. It is inetersting that the die chips in the left obv field don't appear to be visible. Everything else though says obv 10 (per Breen) and the die crack through the r on the reverse nails it down to 30 and not 31.
     
  6. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Is there another source to find the variety of the large cent? I have the penny whimsy but find it hard to determine the difference between the coins. I also have the cent book and find that much easier to use for the later date large cents.
     
  7. BigTee44

    BigTee44 Well-Known Member

    Was watching this coin on eBay. It was at $120 with only a little time left. Ended for $442, way higher than I thought it'd go for.
     
  8. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper

    The reference I use for Early Date Cents is "United States Large Cents 1793-1814" by William C. Noyes.
     
  9. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Darn shame about the rim damage. I think it went way higher than I would have expected also.
     
  10. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The problem with Penny Whimsy is the pictures are actual size which can make it difficult to see the differences clearly. Also if you have the 1990 edition the images are so under exposed and dark that they are almost impossible to use. (the first printing more so than the second, but the second printing isn't very good either.) Earlier editions are better. Most people like the 1976 edition the best but I an partial to the 1958 and 65 editions.

    Other than the Penny Whimsy or Bill Noyes books, there is the Breen encyclopedia of early date large cents 1793 - 1814, and the Dan Holmes I sale catalog from Goldberg Auctions. The only major shortcoming of the Breen book is that there are four photo errors which leave two, maybe three dies unpictured. Ideal would be the descriptions from the books with the images from the sale catalog.
     
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