Been a while since I got some new additions to my collection. This is part of my new push to flesh out my large cents set. Both came from a GC auction. Now I have to dig out my books and ID the varieties. The die crack on the reverse of the 1836 should help me with that.
I'm finding that out. I don't want to buy AU-MS large cents. Too pricey for me to start a whole collection at that level.
Your 1810/09 is S-281, the only 1810/09 variety. Your 1836 is N-03. Both are common varieties, but your coins are lovely examples.
Thanks bunches for you variety ID's. I've learned to immediately add that info to my database. I hate having to redo variety ID's so I've learned not to ignore any help from others.
I like both of these a lot. The 1810/09 is really wholesome looking, and I'd be happy to own it. 1836 is a little too crusty looking for me with all that black stuff going on, but I love the die crack and the cud. It's bad enough trying to find one, single, solitary example for a type set. I currently have two 1813 large cents as type examples. One has really nice XF-ish detail, but all trace of its original surfaces is essentially gone, and it's been recolored. The other is graded XF details (environmental damage) by PCGS, for a few not terribly distracting patches of corrosion. This one is overall not quite as pleasing, but it actually has some remaining mint luster, which makes me doubt whether whatever happened to it was "environmental damage." For all I know, it could have been made that way. Planchets were terrible on these.
