Can I give it a Chili Bean?
It's a 1798. The CUD helps with the ID much like John Wright's Worlds Worst 1804. But the Die State is still questionable until I get it in...
Is this beautiful or ugly? YES! [ATTACH] $125
A note about Values of Early Date Large Cents. Because they are made of copper, they are softer and more susceptible to corrosion and the...
It's been almost 40 years since I was checking 82s so it's been a while.
Resource for 1982 Cent varieties http://lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html The 1982-D small date copper find not mentioned above....
I'm generally good at spotting differences, but I don't see it. The only thing I see is a difference in sharpness of the strike. This happens...
As we suspected, S-161. Looks like Die State IX like the One shown in Breen.
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Die State V. Retained CUD beginning on, and eventually obliterating STATES, later extending to OF, weakening 180 and the lower curls. [ATTACH] A...
Am I the only one BLIND to the problems of many of these coins?
This is where variety knowledge helps. There is a common 7/6 (S-273) and a rare 7/6 (S-272). [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Does the 1798 look like this? [ATTACH]
My personal preference is usually towards the ones with cracks and CUDs.
Give me a little bit.The are 24 varieties to check. But I see no CUD. S-256 R2 - This variety does develop a CUD over STA in the late die states,...
The problem is obvious, but so is why I like it. [ATTACH]
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One of the least remembered things about his scale for value is multiplying the top half dozen specimens available by factors set out by ten...
Here are the Breen Die State IXs broken down to Noyes Reverse States F and G. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Neither are common die states, The most common...
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