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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 1412011, member: 17502&quot;]I am sorry that you think we are not being helpful but you need to understand just what you asked people to do.&nbsp; Each of your coins that have been posted would need to be graded and attributed.&nbsp; What is attribution you ask?&nbsp;&nbsp; There are reference books available that categorize each year of large cent by die marriage variety.&nbsp; Basically what die was used on the obverse and what die was used on the reverse.&nbsp; This marriage translates into a catalog number, commonly called a Sheldon or Newcomb number, after the gentlemen that created the process and identified and documented each variety in reference books.&nbsp; Anyone can learn how to attribute large cents, and the books are readily available, but be warned the books are quite expensive.&nbsp; I have probably $500 invested just in books.&nbsp; You would need to purchase three books covering the three major generations of large cents ( Early, Middle, and Late Date).</p><p><br /></p><p>During the process of attribution, you should also have determined the condition grade.&nbsp; Here you will need to decide if you want to use the Market Grading standards referenced in a post above, or to use EAC ( Early American Coppers) grading standards.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are major differences in these systems.&nbsp; If you are interested there will be a Copper Grading Seminar held along with the annual EAC Conference scheduled for Buffalo NY, on May 3-6, 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will not go in to the EAC standard pricing methodology, but if interested you can purchase the booklet &quot;Copper Quotes By Robinson&quot;.&nbsp; Researching auction pricing for the multiple dates you requested is a major committment of time, that after many hours grading and attributing your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I have been able to adequately describe just what you asked people here to do.&nbsp; My best guess is that it would require something in the neighborhood of 15 to 20 man hours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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