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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 932507, member: 22271&quot;]<i>Originally Posted by Cringely </i></p><p><i>FYI, the population for a S-2 is R.4+ =&gt; ~100 coins. My guess is that this coin is in the middle of the population</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The population number came from <u>Copper Quotes by Robinson</u> (CQR), the pricing bible for early coppers.</p><p>There are 5 varieties of chain cents:</p><p>S-1 has the rev with AMERI. rather than AMERICA</p><p>The rest have AMERICA on the reverse with different obverses.</p><p>S-1 (AMERI.) is R.4 </p><p><span style="color: White">.....</span>[116 - 160 known]</p><p>S-2 has the numbers in 1 7 9 3 widely spaced and is R.4+</p><p><span style="color: White">.....</span>[76 - 115 known]</p><p>S-3 has the numbers in 1793 closely spaced and is R.3- </p><p><span style="color: white">.....</span>[probably 300-500 known]</p><p>S-4 has a period after the 1793 and is R.3 </p><p><span style="color: white">.....</span>[201-&nbsp; 500 known]</p><p>NC-1 has the obverse L I B E R T Y widely spaced and is considered non-collectable with an R.8 rarity.</p><p><span style="color: white">.....</span>[2 known]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting that, while the S-2 is the rarest of the four collectable chain cent varieties, there is a significant premium for an S-1, with the S-1 costing at least twice as much as an equivalent S-2. </p><p>Both S-1 and S-2 were made during Feb 27 - March 1, 1793 when the fledging US Mint coined a total of 11,178 large cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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