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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 4854674, member: 9270&quot;]If you want to be able to identify &quot;die combinations / varieties&quot; then you need the reference specific to the series you are interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, <i>Half Cent Die States/1793-1857</i> by Manley is probably the best for those series.</p><p>I used it to complete my Classic Head half cent set (1809-1836) by Cohen Number.</p><p>That is 23 varieties (actually there are 25 but two are proof-only which I don&#039;t collect; I only do business strikes).</p><p>But there are also die states that I could (but won&#039;t) expand into.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have two references for large cents, one for 1816 to 1839 and the other for 1840 to 1857.</p><p>You&#039;ll notice that the full spread of large cents is not covered by those two books.</p><p><br /></p><p>These references and others that I have are NOT inexpensive.</p><p>If you want to cover a series completely you&#039;re going to have to pay for the best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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