Howdy fellow coin peeps, :thumb: For your viewing pleasure, I present two very circulated 1848 Braided Hair Cents, however, are they they same variety? Your job, should you accept, is to figure out if they are the same variety and if they aren't, what are the differences? Also, if you have the necessary books (I don't), what variety/varieties is/are it/they? :kewl: Ribbit Ps: This is why I love Early American Copper but I still have several books I need to buy. :headbang:
Do I get a play? I can already tell you they are different varieties - just not which variety. No books here at work.
I was hoping you'd get to come out to play. You've got the books that are needed for this game. :bow: The reverses look to be the same but the obverses are without a doubt different (primarily the dates). And since I can't see any difference in the reverses, I'm curious if there are any? :kewl: Ribbit
Also look at the 1 and it's relationship to the denticle below - one is close and one is far away. One looks close to a center of a denticle and the other looks between.
The tip of the hair curl is also closer to the 8 on one and further away on another. The dates are totally different but what about the reverses? Do they have the same reverse? Ribbit Ps: I see Treas already mentioned something about the 8's.
I'm not doing your work for you. Get the book. p.s. I will be VERY impressed if ANYONE can attribute those coins. 48's are tough enough as it is when close to mint state.
Which Cent book do you think is the best for attributing variety for: Draped Bust? Classic? Matron? Braided? Ribbit
For the first 3, the two-volume Noyes is easiest for me to attribute from. For the Braided Hairs, it's Grellman's book. Be forewarned, attributing Braided Hair large cents is very difficult in the best of circumstances, and practically impossible on many circulated specimens -- much less corroded ones. Good luck...Mike
Maybe Bob will get enough for my 1800/1798 NC-6, that I'll be able to afford his book? Ribbit Ps: I'll see if I can get him to autograph it too. :bow:
One of the 8s on the right looks thinner than the other , wonder how many dies they used on these dates ? rzage
The bottom I believe is an N-7. And since my book only shows 35 varieties the top could be an N-8 - but I do not think the 1's relationship to the bust and denticles line up. The top one seems to line up with N-7, I think I see the diagonal from R - but that could be corrosion.
