Are all large cents up to and including 1857 considered "early american coppers"?

Shamika

Are all large cents up to and including 1857 considered "early american coppers"?

dorkkarl

yes.

K S

michael

Early American Coppers (Club) A club or society to advance the study of pre-1857 United States copper coinage including Colonials.

michael

ziggy29

I'd say so. All half cents, too.

BillJones

EAC traditionalists do not consider the cents after 1814 to be “early coppers.” The pieces from 1816 to 1839 are collected the “middle dates,” and the pieces from 1840 to 1857 are called the "late dates."

Since there are far fewer half cent dates and varieties as well as many gaps in the series, these terms are not applied to half cents. Still I imagine that any half cent after 1811 would not really be considered to be an “early copper.”

MSherman

I would echo Bill on this one. I've always considered "early coppers" to encompass the 1793 to 1814 issues. Colonials are, well... colonials.

dorkkarl

well, what you say is true. i assumed shamika wanted to know whether the eac considers lc's up to 1857 to be w/in their domain, which they are.

K S

BillJones

When Herb Silverman and Warren Lapp founded EAC in 1967, it was an early large cent collectors club. The later coins gained acceptance in part because the supply of early coins dried up, and collectors of lesser means migrated to the middle and late dates.