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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 25713023, member: 9270&quot;]My current collecting effort is US half cents and large cents by variety.</p><p>I have Fuhrman&#039;s 3 volumes of handbooks for the half cents and don&#039;t have much difficulty working with those coins, at least those from 1800 on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Identifying varieties of US large cents is another story , particularly those in the 1835-1856 date range.</p><p>Not surprisingly identifying the Newcomb variety for those coins are often giving me fits.</p><p><br /></p><p>My references for these coins are:</p><p>-- John Wright&#039;s <i>The Cent Book, </i>which helps with the last half of the 1830&#039;s.</p><p>-- William Noyes&#039; 6-volume set of <i>United States Large Cents</i> references are my key &quot;go to&quot; books.</p><p>-- John Grellman&#039;s &quot;<i>The Die Varieties of United States Large Cents 1840-1857</i>&quot; helps a lot also.</p><p><br /></p><p>In spite of these large cents references I often have difficulty IDing a coin&#039;s Newcomb variety for the 1835-1856 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe I saw a reference to an on-line site that helps simplify identification using actual photographs.</p><p>I believe you have to subscribe to that site ($100?)</p><p><b>Would someone point me in that direction?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I am currently working with are all slabbed (NGC or PCGS) and in grades ranging from VF-20 to XF-45.</p><p>But some are AU or MS.</p><p>I don&#039;t collect &quot;detailed&quot; or &quot;genuine&quot; coins, at least not for coins graded R-1 through R-3.</p><p>Collecting &quot;detailed&quot; or &quot;genuine&quot; coins will be reserved for coins with higher catalog values.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any suggestions to help me along with this collecting effort would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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