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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 671770, member: 66&quot;]The best FIRST reference on Large cents?&nbsp; The Redbook.&nbsp; If you decide you want to go deeper but still stay general, the early material in Penny Whimsy up to the point where they actually start describing the varieties.&nbsp; Dr Sheldon had a great writing style and it will really create a desire in you to enjoy the coins and possibly even go deeper and &quot;try to make out the big pennies&quot;.&nbsp; John Wright&#039;s The Cent Book is also a good choice because at the start of the chapter for each year he gives you historical information about what was happening in the world that year.&nbsp; The cents are not just a coin or a collectible item, but were apart of society and that history and are a link between the people and that world and time.&nbsp; My third choic would probably be Breens Encyclopedia of United States Large Cents 1793 - 1814. because you will not find anywhere so much information of how the mint functioned and how the cents were made&nbsp; from sources of supply, the machinery ,to problems of manufacture, to political headaches, designers, methods etc etc etc.&nbsp; It can give you a great education about the mint and the early coinage with out even having to get into the different varieties, but if you want that, that information is there as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>After thinking about it I would probably move the Breen book up to my second choice after the Redbook.&nbsp; It&#039;s cheaper than Wright but more expensive than Sheldon, but so much more extensive it&#039;s worth it.&nbsp; The only problem is it is out of print and getting harder to find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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