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<p>[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1188502, member: 22271"]I agree with Condor101. I picked up two of Dan Holmes late date coppers (an 1844 N-3 and an 1852 N-5 - image below). In both cases, I spent at least twice what <i>Red Book</i> listed. However, they both were R.2 rarities (not super rare, but less common than typical 1844 and 1852 large cents which is what <i>Red Book</i> pricing is based on. I paid the extra for the Dan Holmes provenance and the quality of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested at all in large cents, joining EAC <a href="http://www.eacs.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eacs.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.eacs.org</a> would be the wise move.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1188502, member: 22271"]I agree with Condor101. I picked up two of Dan Holmes late date coppers (an 1844 N-3 and an 1852 N-5 - image below). In both cases, I spent at least twice what [I]Red Book[/I] listed. However, they both were R.2 rarities (not super rare, but less common than typical 1844 and 1852 large cents which is what [I]Red Book[/I] pricing is based on. I paid the extra for the Dan Holmes provenance and the quality of the coins. If you are interested at all in large cents, joining EAC [URL="http://www.eacs.org"]http://www.eacs.org[/URL] would be the wise move.[/QUOTE]
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