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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3209183, member: 66&quot;]There is only one variety listed in the Redbook (A Guidebook of United States coins by R. S. Yeoman)&nbsp; There are 16 varieties for this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1838 large cent is considered to be part of the group called the &quot;Middle dates&quot; this is the group from 1816 to 1839.&nbsp; There are three books that cover this range.&nbsp; United States Large Cents 1816 - 1839 by William Noyes, The Cent Book by John Wright, and United States Copper Cents 1816 - 1857 by Howard Newcomb.&nbsp; The Newcomb book was the first published, it came out in 1944 and the varieties are known by their Newcomb numbers.&nbsp; The Cent Book&nbsp; and United States Large Cents 1816 - 1839 both came along about the same time in 1992.&nbsp; The Noyes and Wright books are both excellent and are a little easier to use than Newcomb&#039;s book.&nbsp; (Personally I prefer Wrights book)&nbsp; Newcomb&#039;s book is readily available in reprint form and costs form $25 to $50.&nbsp; Wright&#039;s is much harder to find but is available from the author for $100.&nbsp; Noyes book is difficult to find used but is available from literature dealer Charlie Davis for $170.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t want to go that route though, Newcomb and Wright&#039;s books are availble for download online for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newcomb&#039;s book</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/USCopperCentsNewcomb/page/n0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/USCopperCentsNewcomb/page/n0" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/USCopperCentsNewcomb/page/n0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wright&#039;s book</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/centbook181618390000john/page/n0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/centbook181618390000john/page/n0" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/centbook181618390000john/page/n0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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