Good Grief!!! I was just doing a quick reshuffling of my coin collecting references and I ran into these: Early Date U.S. Large Cent Cent Rapid...
But it's still a chore. I've got an 1852 that's giving me grief. There are 19 Newman die varieties and I haven't IDed mine yet. (1851 has 45 die...
Thanks for the heads-up. Nothing rare, but a couple that are at the scarce level. And there's about 10 or so that are in NGC or PCGS slabs.
Thanks for the response. It's pretty much my thinking too. But there's a few 3-figure coins involved.
Trying to decide where to list an almost complete set. eBay is one obvious choice. Any other reasonable possibilities?
What is a preferred source for Rarity Numbers? I was working with my US Half Cent set fleshing out my Excel database. The Greysheet has a 1809...
The Use of Digital Photos in Coin Die Analysis by Bill Eckberg Since my current interest area is US Half Cents and Large Cents, the article was...
Recently GC had a large cent variety listed with only a verbal identification (1839 Head of 1840) in a PCGS slab. So I spend the time to identify...
I tried searching this name from a list of: - all former Secretary's of the Treasury, and - all former Treasurer's of the United States Didn't...
Many thanks for straightening my understanding out. At my age things are becoming more difficult. I'll just have to move along more slowly.
Since I'm now dealing with Large Cents, I'm running into Sheldon numbers, Cohen numbers and Newcomb numbers as variety identifiers. They are...
Yes, I'm an EAC member. I didn't know they had auction records. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
I knew about the PCGS records. I wasn't aware of the CAC price guide. Thanks for the heads-up.
This is my new interest area. The problem is that there are MANY factors. 1. Dates - at this time I'm not paying serious attention to the Braided...
As I understand it, the January FUN Show is worth going to. Lots of dealers thus more opportunities to find that piece you've been seeking for a...
I'm beginning to think like this ("They are simply too minor in my opinion.") I'll ignore a full variety set of Braided Hair large cents and...
There are a LOT of die varieties of the Braided Hair large cents during this time period. As few years with about 20 but many more with 40-50....
It's been circulated (see the center of the top edge). That will hold back the value.
I'm old school. The only toning I care for on silver is a light gray tarnish. And copper in shades of brown. One exception: Buffalo and Jefferson...
I need to step back a moment and get a basic understanding of how PVC interacts with a coin. For this I'm going to limit my thinking to coins with...
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