Can you I.D. the date of a dateless large cent?

Give it a shot. Die crack should be of some help.

 

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1801, (Breen 1741) (Sheldon #216, 217, 222, or 224)

That's my guess....

 

Based on the position of the reverse crack, I'd say it is an 1801 S-220.

 

Well done! At least, that's what I came up with...

 

Yep 1801 S-220 Looks like stage V.

 

You guys are good. It would have taken me forever to figure that out.

 

I must be blind - I can't make out the fraction, and assumed it was 1/100, not 000.

 

I didn't even look at the fraction, the die crack was enough.

 

But the die crack fits with a number of Sheldon numbers, so how else did you guys land on S-200?

 

As far as I know that crack only comes on 1801 Breen rev H which was only used on S-220. What other varieties do you think it comes on?

OK, you looked in the Breen Encyclopedia, saw the picture with the die crack and read the description below it for 1741. In the Encyclopedia the pictures are BELOW the description they belong to. S-220, this coin, is Breen 1740

 

Aha! You can tell how often I use the book....