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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 973346, member: 66&quot;]If you are intersted in early copper you woul do much better with his half cent and early large cent encyclopedias.&nbsp; (And you will spend less for those two than you would for his general encyclopedia.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And Mark is right, the books can definitely pay for themselves.&nbsp; A little over a week ago I picked up a low grade 1794 large cent on ebay for $150.&nbsp; It had nice surfaces, just very low grade with the back almost smooth.&nbsp; Why did I buy it?&nbsp; I have the books (and some experience) and I was able to determine that is was an S-40 which is an R-5+ coin&nbsp; about 30 to 40 pieces known.&nbsp; Even i the condition it&#039;s in, properly identified it&#039;s probably about a $450 coin.&nbsp; Even better, I didn&#039;t have one in my collection.&nbsp; So I got a coin for my large cent collection, something that is very difficult to do anymore, and I got it well below the market price....because I have the books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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