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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1346213, member: 66"]Best thing is the Goldberg Auctions archives. Look for the Dan Holmes collections catalogs I, II, and IV. (Dan Holmes III was his Large Cent Errors) Every single Large cent variety from 1793 to 1857 is pictured except for 1851 N-42 (Unique and Dan couldn't get the owner to sell it to him.) Dan's collection had every variety except 1793 NC-5 and 1851 N-42. The 1793 NC-5 was borrowed from the ANS collection so it could be pictured in the catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures are large and clear. Unfortunately you can only see large pictures of one variety at a time and the catalog does not list the diagnostic features for each variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the late dates it doesn't matter if you have the pictures, the fine features that identify the different dies typically will not show in photos. They are good for date placement determination, but if that isn't diagnostic then you are pretty much out of luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Dan Holmes I </p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=54" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=54" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=54</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Dan Holmes II</p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=59" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=59</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is Dan Holmes IV</p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=62" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=62" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=62</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1346213, member: 66"]Best thing is the Goldberg Auctions archives. Look for the Dan Holmes collections catalogs I, II, and IV. (Dan Holmes III was his Large Cent Errors) Every single Large cent variety from 1793 to 1857 is pictured except for 1851 N-42 (Unique and Dan couldn't get the owner to sell it to him.) Dan's collection had every variety except 1793 NC-5 and 1851 N-42. The 1793 NC-5 was borrowed from the ANS collection so it could be pictured in the catalog. The pictures are large and clear. Unfortunately you can only see large pictures of one variety at a time and the catalog does not list the diagnostic features for each variety. And for the late dates it doesn't matter if you have the pictures, the fine features that identify the different dies typically will not show in photos. They are good for date placement determination, but if that isn't diagnostic then you are pretty much out of luck. Here is Dan Holmes I [url]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=54[/url] Here is Dan Holmes II [url]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=59[/url] And here is Dan Holmes IV [url]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/toc_auc.php?site=1&lang=1&sale=62[/url][/QUOTE]
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