I normally bombard this forum with UK coins but I have at last a US coin this 1819 Liberty cent I'm after some more info on rare dates or distinguishing rare features please apologies really bad pictures I left it at a mates house and he sent me 2 pics on his phone needles to say hes no photographer bombard
Hello ! You have the " small date" . I would like to refer you to this book for other years and their Varieties . ANY More Questions ?
1819 is a common date because of a significant hoard, known as the Randal Hoard the surfaced in the mid 1800s. The better dates from this era are 1821 and especially 1823.
Here is an example of an 1819 large cent that almost certainly came from the Randal Hoard. This is graded MS-63, Brown. These coins are not cheap these days, but they are easier to find that any other U.S. coin, except the other Randal cents, which are dated from 1816 to 1820, from this era.
Im on a few UK coin forums But I have to say the replies, answers to questions & advice/links to info here is far superior and greatly appreciated.
Don't forget the Red Book also. If you don't already have one that is. That coin could be used as a filler. Good luck
I thought that the book was in my Amazon Basket but it appears that its out of stock everywhere ? is it that popular, Im looking for an e book now obviously 2nd best still like to flick through the pages of a large book.
OK I told you on another thread that this was either a N-9 or a N-10. That thread didn't have rev pictures, Now I can definitely say it is the common N-9. 1819 used 6 different obv dies and 8 rev dies to make 10 varieties, only one of the obv dies had this very wide date. It was paired with two different rev dies, rev G where the upper most leaf point is left of the edge of the S (N-9), and Rev H where the leaf point is well right of the edge of the S (N-10) N-9 is an R-1 coin N-10 is an R-4+
