Which Sheldon Variety do I Have? More pictures added.

1810 Classic Large Cent.

 

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This Sheldon?

The Big Bang Theory

 

S-282 it looks like R-3 Point of leaf far past side of "S'

 

Value???

 

Anybody else have any thoughts or was deacon2828 correct?

 

No it definitely isn't 282, and it isn't 281. I'm leaning toward 283 but the area I really need to see, from the last S in STATES thru the first A is either tipped will away and out of focus, or washed out in the glare of the light.

 

I was wrong did my memory and it is not 282 sorry I will look again, thanks Conder101

 

I appreciate your help!

 

Worn area on both sides of this coin.

 

Hope these will help. Not sure what you are looking for.

 

Pictures help??

 

Yep, 284.

 

Can you explain what you needed to see? I can't find the Sheldon info.

So 284 is the rare one???

 

In the first pictures the point of the leaf below the C in AMERICA was left of the center. That eliminated 281 and 282. On those the POL is below the center of the C.

On the new pictures the point of the leaf is definitely past the right side of the second S in STATES. (In the first pictures I couldn't tell if it was at the edge, past the edge or well past the edge.) The POL below the F was below the center of the upright of the F. And the POL between the F and A is right of the center of the space but not real close to the A.

285 has the POL below the right edge of the S, to the left of the center of the upright of the F, and below the center of the space between F & A. So it was out.

On 283 the POL is a little past the right edge of the S, left of center of the up right of the F, and almost reaching the A in AMERICA. The positions of the last two convince me it isn't 283.

On 284 the POL is definitely past the S, below the center of the upright of the F and past the center of the gap but not close to the A. That matches the positions I see in the pictures.

None of the 1810 varieties are rare. 283 is the scarcest and it is only an R-3. As a general rule in large cents there isn't usually a premium value until R-5. That's one of the nice things about putting together a set of Classic head large cents, NONE of the varieties are rare. On the bad side, as a rule they don't come nice. Even high sharpnes grade coins tend to be rough and porous. Problem free coins in any grade are hard to find.

 

THANKS

Now how to value this coin for my collection???

 

Well I was half right, I looked at the "t" in liberty and knew it was s-282 but I spoke too soon not looking at reverse! Thanks for the information on the s-284 CONDER101

 

You can look up closed lists of 1810 Large cents on ebay and compare !