Ideas for collecting Large Cents wanted

Geoman

I have taken an interest in Large Cents recently. And was wondering about different ways of collecting these. For example, do you only collect the Large Cents from a certain year, say 1837 on? My resources are not that I can collect high grade examples; plus I like the look of nice circulated coins, which give them character. So I am thinking about a set of Large Cents from the mid 1830's to 1857 all in the range of F-12.

Do you have any ideas of storage? Or display ideas? Thought about a Dansco album, but the Large Cent album start 1816, and I am only thinking about collecting the final 20 years.

Obviously, to each their own. Just thought I would see how others do it, to see if I may like something someone else is doing.

ksteelheader

The Coin World holders would do a nice job of holding your coins. They can be had in ANACS style and PCGS style!

dorkkarl

here's my STRONG suggestion to maximize your opportunities for success w/ this series:

start w/ the late-dates, 1844 - 1857 in mid-grades BY DATE. then, progress to the redbook varieties, ie. about a handful of add'l coins.

after you complete this, you will have acquired a good practical knowledge to begin working BACKWARDS through the series, & it limits your financial exposure.

great question!!!

K S

RYK

great question!!!

Great answer/suggestion.

I would do what Karl says.

I have a small circulated large cent collection, and I keep them in acid-free paper envelopes. These are coins that I actually can touch!

construct

Sounds like your plan from the mid-1830s is to complete the "Young Head" set. It sounds like a workable plan to me. I agree that a date set would keep it manageable. I remount my large cents in 2x2 holders (except for the bent 1826 that I carry as a pocket piece) and store them in Cowen plastic pocket pages.