Possible Penny Whimsy Prototype Book?
numin
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My father was an avid collector of US Large Cents and somewhere along the way he acquired this binder with photos and classifications of many many large cents, from 1793 - 1857. There are also hand written notes on classifications and types.
Here are a bunch of pictures of what it is. Does anyone out there have any information on this ?
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The answer to your question depends a lot on WHO YOUR FATHER IS! So....
My father was no one special. Bought, sold, and collected large cents for decades
Well, without a name that can be connected to Sheldon, we'll never know what you have.
Best Regards
So the notes on coins and images of coins were out together as a reference by your father. Do these images match any coins that you have in your father's collection? I think the CU group can be more helpful if you could post a few clear close images, obv and rev, of a few of those early cents. IMO. Peace Roy
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The notes and images were in the binder when my father got it. I will take some more photos and post them later.
Maybe the handwriting could be recognized?
The set of four plates (sixth image if I counted correctly) is from Tom Elder's 1917 sale of the Miller large/half cents, obviously very pre-Sheldon. NNP link. Can't help with the rest, yet.
Ed. S.
(EJS)