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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 6622382, member: 78244&quot;]When I was at the TSNA show this weekend, I picked up this nice little 1797 large cent. The variety is S-128, which is distinctive because the M in AMERICA is punched over an E. This is a later die state of the variety with obverse die cracks going all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The details are solidly AU, but there are pickish encrustations all over the coin. Believe it or not, that is precisely the reason why I bought it. Since I collect ancient Chinese coins, I am a huge fan of colorful encrustations. I am attracted to high-grade large cents with the colorful encrustations. That allows me to get high-grade early large cents at affordable prices, and it helps bridge the gap between my passions.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267248[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 1798 S-154 (R.4) double-struck cemt with a much more severe affliction, but the luster present shows it is clearly an UNC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a few Chinese coins to show what I am talking about and how the large cents are related.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1267255[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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