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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 1440017, member: 3726&quot;]As mentioned get books on the series. I like the red book on IHC&#039;s by rick snow.&nbsp; For large cents I have newcomb, sheldon Penny Whimsy and Grellman - and there are several others that are good. For IHC go to Rick Snows web page and read up(get his grading guide in pdf format) and watch his video&#039;s. For large cents you might also want to join EAC.&nbsp; Those will all help in the long run. There are several dealers I can recommend for both IHC&#039;s and large cents</p><p><br /></p><p>For IHC - what are you going to do - album, graded, etc.?&nbsp; I would say stick to problem free coins.&nbsp; The toughest ones will be the 1877 and 1909-s - there are several semi-keys that will also run into some money. So study up on those and get a feel for prices.&nbsp; For these I also say - buy the best you can afford. At if you want MS grades - go check heritage I have a few nice ones in the long beach auction. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I decided to sell mine and concentrate on my bust halves and large cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for large cents those are completely different.&nbsp; I actually like most of these in the VF range over ms coins, but some of the AU&#039;s are beauties. What are you going to collect - an album?&nbsp; A date set? early dates, middle dates or late dates?&nbsp; Or a variety set? Doing an album can be extremely expensive with the 3 1793&#039;s, 1799 and 1804 - not to mention coins like the 1834 N-5 and 1839/6.&nbsp; You can always fill the holes with different varieties - but I want to fill them with what is expected.&nbsp; I recommend looking for the most problem free and best you can afford.&nbsp; Me - I like solid planchets, versus corroded with more details.&nbsp; If you going to collect by variety then you may have to just settle for what you can find for some varieties. I would recommend if doing an album - start with the middle dates and try to find them in f-vf(pick your grade) since that is my favorite range.&nbsp; Don&#039;t be shy about buying some graded examples and cracking them out.&nbsp; I would not worry about the 1834 n-5 or 1839/6 - if you want them then get them. Now for the middle dates the 1823 can be a toughie. I like middle dates - plenty of varieties just in the album.&nbsp; Then go for the braided hair - the 1857 large and small date are toughies, as is the 1840/18.&nbsp; Again these in VF relatively problem free coins can be found.&nbsp; The darn 1855 n-10 was tough for me to find in a coin I like - then again if you can make some coin shows I am sure you can find them all. Now the classic heads I would do in ag to g - you get to F and VF problem free coins and they get expensive.&nbsp; I have found that lower grade problem free coins are more available than the higher grades.&nbsp; Now for the 1793&#039;s, 1799 and 1804 - get the best you can afford - end of story.&nbsp; For the liberty caps I like them in ag to g as problem free as possible. Not exactly cheap, but nice problem free examples are available. Next for the draped bust cents go for ag to g and maybe even a few fine coins.&nbsp; Again lower grade relatively problem free coins can be had and are available.&nbsp; Lance has a really nice set and so does mike(here is his <a href="http://www.pbase.com/miker/classic_head_large_cents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/miker/classic_head_large_cents" rel="nofollow">Large cents</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the one page of my album:</p><p><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00910.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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