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Dug Large Cent - Any Ideas About Date/Type?

JohnPhiloponusJohnPhiloponus Posts: 41 ✭✭✭
edited February 9, 2025 7:58PM in U.S. Coin Forum

A friend of mine found this coin in a farm field about 50 years ago. I was wondering if any experts here can weigh in. To me the star locations look like a braided hair, but the bust looks like a cornet head. The coin weighs 8.5 grams and has a diameter of about 27 mm.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 34,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    don't have a photo of the other side?

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Something like this one.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,619 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coronet head cent made between 1816 to1839 is the best I can do.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Coronet head cent made between 1816 to1839 is the best I can do.

    Correct, though I’ll add that it’s pre-1836, due to the style of the (stubby) coronet, which was changed mid-year in 1835.

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  • epcepc Posts: 271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yosclimber said:

    Something like this one.

    A pretty cent from the Naftzger collection. It was my #1 target for the date when I attended the 2009 auction (on Super Bowl Sunday). But it slipped away. Is it yours?

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 10, 2025 6:38PM

    @epc said:
    A pretty cent from the Naftzger collection. It was my #1 target for the date when I attended the 2009 auction (on Super Bowl Sunday). But it slipped away. Is it yours?

    Wow, cool memory and story.
    Clearly a beautiful and memorable coin!

    It's not mine.
    I just picked it randomly as an example of the head type from CoinFacts.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 11, 2025 12:06PM

    Here is the 1828 large cent from my "one a year set." Some are high grade, others are more like this. I don't want to lay out a fortune for every coin.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still a very choice cent, @BillJones .
    Except for the Randall hoard coins, pretty much everything pre- 1834 is difficult in nice condition like that.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    Still a very choice cent, @BillJones .
    Except for the Randall hoard coins, pretty much everything pre- 1834 is difficult in nice condition like that.

    I could try to hunt them all down looking like this, but that's expensive.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow!

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