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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gronnh20, post: 2998640, member: 73224&quot;]I did pick up a couple of books on early American copper.&nbsp; I bought<i> United States Copper Cents;</i> Howard R. Newcomb, 1986 and <i>Early American Coppers Anthology;</i> Sanford J. Durst, 1977.&nbsp; I would recommend the latter of the two books for someone wanting to start collecting large copper.&nbsp; There is quite a bit of history along with die variety attribution for all large copper.&nbsp; It offers plate coin pictures of several renowned collections.&nbsp; Once a person decides what early copper they want to collect, then a more specialized book can be purchased.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first started collecting large cents, a date set was my goal.&nbsp; When I got the reference material the way I wanted to collect large copper changed.&nbsp; Right now, I have selected 1852 as the date I want to collect all the die varieties for.&nbsp; That is what I am working on.&nbsp; I have three of the varieties now.&nbsp; Any other large cents I collect will most likely be for my type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those that decide they want to collect large copper I highly suggest reference material be one of the first purchases.&nbsp; If you are merely buying a coin or two for a type set, well, then a place like CoinTalk will have the info you need.&nbsp; There are several knowledgeable collectors here that are more than willing to guide someone in a purchase for a type set.&nbsp; For those that get bit by the copper bug, welcome to our world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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