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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 13233261, member: 9270&quot;]This is my thought process (guide) for an expanded collecting area.</p><p>Comments (good or bad) are more than welcome, in fact encouraged.</p><p>Those will help me make better choices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve decided that I&#039;m going to get into <b>large cent varieties </b>dated from 1839 through 1857.</p><p>I have four resources as references:</p><p>-- <i>The Cent Book/1816-1839</i>, John D. Wright, 1992</p><p>-- <i>United States Large Cents/1816-1845, Vol 5</i>, William Noyes, 2012</p><p>-- <i>United States Large Cents/1846-1857, Vol 6</i>, William Noyes, 2012</p><p>-- <i>The Die Varieties of United states Large Cents/1840-1857</i>, John R. Grellman, 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>In the introductory information for each reference book the rarity values are defined.</p><p>The good news is that the rarity <u>definitions</u> are consistent from one reference to the next.</p><p>A Rarity-4 (R-4) appears to be 76-200 known in each reference book.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s no surprise to me that there are differences in the <u>specific</u> rarity for each particular date/variety from one reference book to the next (different authors; different time periods).</p><p>But fortunately the differences are not large.</p><p><br /></p><p>BOTTOM LINE - COIN VALUE</p><p>When it comes to what I&#039;ll bid/pay for a date/variety, I&#039;ll take into account the following:</p><p>-- the date</p><p>-- the grade (for PCGS/NGC slabbed coins) <b>or</b></p><p>-- the grade (my evaluation; but I rarely buy unslabbed coins)</p><p>-- the variety (posted on the slab or my evaluation)</p><p>-- the rarity value (only R-1, R-2, R-3 and maybe R-4; things get VERY pricey after that)</p><p>-- the Greysheet value adjusted for rarity plus 10-20%[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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