Here is the next installment of this series. The 1804 Quarter Eagle has two varieties is The Red Book. This is the more common 14 star reverse...
With a mintage of only 2,710, the 1808 quarter eagle, which is a one year type coin, is one of the most desirable U.S. coins. According to PCGS...
To my eye, the 1825 $2.50 gold piece is one of the ugliest gold coins in the U.S. set. It was one of Robert Scot's last designs. These coins had a...
I was looking at the dates of my $2.50 gold coins, and was surprised to find that among the 5 early type coins I have (1796 to 1829) that I have...
Dr. Sheldon described the 1814 cent as the most common of all the early cents from 1793 to 1814. These pieces were made during the War of 1812...
In keeping with the rule of thumb, the 1813 cent is scarcer than the even numbered dates in the Classic Head Cent series. It is easier to find in...
The 1812 cent is the second most common Classic Head cent. The mintage was produced from the last planchet shipment from England before the War of...
The 1811 cent is the second “key date” in the Classic Head Cent set. It is not as scarce as the 1809, and it is not even close to the rarity of...
[ATTACH] I just won this piece in an auction. Yes, it's over graded, and I knew that as I was bidding on it. NGC graded it EF-45. It's more like...
The 1810 cent has been called one of the dullest years in the Classic cent group. The reason is that there are not huge differences between the...
The 1809 large cent is the scarcest date among the Classic Head cents. The mintage was 222,867, all from one die pair. Older catalogs mention an...
The Classic Head Cents John Reich was hired as an assistant mint engraver in 1807. He set to work right away with his Classic Head design, which...
This date was the last of the Draped Bust large cents. It is marked by some rather famous varieties including two types of overdates, small...
While I was walking around the 2024 FUN bourse, a fellow buttonholed me and asked if I would be interested in a 1945 Franklin Roosevelt inaugural...
With mintage of 348,000, the 1806 cent has a reputation as a better date coin. In reality it is fairly common in the lower grades, although higher...
The 1805 cent is fairly common with a reported mintage of 941,116. There are three known die varieties with two known obverse dies. Given the...
In contrast to the previous two years, the 1804 cent is the second classic rarity in the large cent series. The coin is not as rare as the 1799,...
It has been my experience that the 1802 and 1803 cents are the most common dates among the early cents from 1793 to 1814. These dates are often...
The 1801 Three Errors cent is an example of the low moral at the mint. Congress was still pushing to close the facility and it’s location was in...
The 1800 large cent is not a rarity, but it is seen far less often than the later dates, especially the 1802 and 1803. It is also hard to find in...
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