After locating my Newcomb and Rounds guide I agree with you that it is a N-14. the curl diagnostic mentioned in Newcombs description fits and looking at the "I" alignment with the denticles is spot on.
Thanks, people. Now I have something to try and pin the N-# on. I'll look more closely at those two and see if I can say, 'Okay, I've got it'. I'll tell you, the Classic Head Half Cents were a heck of a lot easier to ID. The most varieties for any of the dates was 6. Get into the double digits for the Matron Large Cents is tough.
Yep, I spent about ½ hour working on it BEFORE I posted here. Wanted to see if I could do it. Obviously I wasn't able.
Your 1838 cent is an early-state Newcomb 10. Guaranteed! 1838 is a very tough year to attribute, but your coin is a lovely one that makes the task doable. I can't make my Facebook insert a .jpg from my computer, but if you drop me an email at thejohn@sbcglobal.net I can send you some pictures.
Thanks for correcting me. I couldn't tell if the "1" was doubled in the OP's image. I made my determination between N-10 and N-14 (same rev) because IMO, the "1" is closer to the denticals on N-14 than on N-10.
Can someone please help I have a couple coins im trying to find out their classification (1) dime ,1999 (d) no ridges , approx 1/32 groove between the sides , kinda looks like an oreo The other is a 1984 penny with no trees and missing some steps on the monument , also a groove under the monument near the bottom edge , any ideas
This is one of the reasons I love Large Cents... so many varities, overdates, errors etc starting with the flowing hair, drapped bust, classic head, coronet head and braided hair all in a 60yr period. And every time I think i've seen em all something new pops up
I just realized what you were attempting to do. I don't have Facebook or any of those other apps (Tweet, etc.) I am definitely old school. I have a land line for home (telephone only). I have a cell phone for when I'm out of the house (telephone only). I have an e-mail address for computer work. I guess I miss a lot of things because of that BUT I don't need to spend a lot of time looking at a hand held device. I recently accidently discovered that I have an Outlook mailbox. There were messages in it going back to 2018! I believe I also have a gmail account. I had to create it for some forgotten reason. Don't even know what the addy is but I can make a good guess. But I don't know how to get to it so ... whatever.
