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<p>[QUOTE="900fine, post: 1536903, member: 6036"]Hey folks ! It's time to play America's favorite home fun game.... <b>"Attribute THIS !!!"</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Up for grabs is a perennial favorite type coin - a Liberty Cap large cent.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"Ahhhhh yes... 1794.... it was a very good year..."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This was the first time the US Mint cranked out any coin in volume. The dies were achey-breaky, so they went through quite a number before they fulfilled production quotas - 37 obverse dies and 41 reverse dies hit the presses and gave us a total of 69 different varieties. This provides such a collecting challenge that some folks specialize in 1794 cents exclusively - the so-called "Boys of 94" club. Cool group, they.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here are a couple of pics. Feel free to attribute it, pointing out key diagnostics and your rationale. It's great for the newer folks to see how it's done. They'll catch the bug soon enough !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, any and all comments are encouraged.</p><p><br /></p><p>This here's Ricky B aka ya boy Lil' Slick- ovah and OUT ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="900fine, post: 1536903, member: 6036"]Hey folks ! It's time to play America's favorite home fun game.... [B]"Attribute THIS !!!"[/B] Up for grabs is a perennial favorite type coin - a Liberty Cap large cent. [I]"Ahhhhh yes... 1794.... it was a very good year..."[/I] This was the first time the US Mint cranked out any coin in volume. The dies were achey-breaky, so they went through quite a number before they fulfilled production quotas - 37 obverse dies and 41 reverse dies hit the presses and gave us a total of 69 different varieties. This provides such a collecting challenge that some folks specialize in 1794 cents exclusively - the so-called "Boys of 94" club. Cool group, they. Anyway, here are a couple of pics. Feel free to attribute it, pointing out key diagnostics and your rationale. It's great for the newer folks to see how it's done. They'll catch the bug soon enough !!! As always, any and all comments are encouraged. This here's Ricky B aka ya boy Lil' Slick- ovah and OUT ![/QUOTE]
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