A few large cent newps

coinnut · September 23, 2012 11:30AM

1839 is one of my favorite years because of the all design changes and varieties of that year.

Goldbully · September 23, 2012 11:34AM

Chocolaty Copper.....problem free....triplets at birth.....very very nice pickups!!!

BigMoose · September 23, 2012 11:37AM

coinnut, those are very nice! I am also a big fan of 1839 Large Cents. The Christian Gobrecht designs of this year are very appealing. I have been able to find really nice examples of the Head of 1838, Silly Head, Booby head, and Head of 1840 varieties. Have never found a really appealing 1839/6---suspect I will have to settle for a nice, clean VF example.

jmski52 · September 23, 2012 11:38AM

Nice, nice, nice! That's a wonderful set!

bronzemat · September 23, 2012 11:41AM

Beautiful coppers!

coinnut · September 23, 2012 11:48AM

Have never found a really appealing 1839/6---suspect I will have to settle for a nice, clean VF example. >>

It's strange that all the other varities exist in unc but the overdate is is hard to find above fine.

RYK · September 23, 2012 11:49AM

Wow, great coins!

Sonorandesertrat · September 23, 2012 12:03PM

Nice coppers!

golden · September 23, 2012 12:06PM

LanceNewmanOCC · September 23, 2012 12:17PM

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Justlooking · September 23, 2012 12:36PM

Very nice. Why is the Booby Head called the Booby Head? I could look it up, but feeling lazy.

lkeigwin · September 23, 2012 12:40PM

Gorgeous! I love the look.

Now, how about that head of '40? And a 39/6? Mine don't measure up.
Lance.

messydesk · September 23, 2012 12:42PM

Very nice coins! The nicknames "Silly Head" and "Booby Head" never really made much sense to me. The differences from the normal head of 1838 are obvious enough, but the Silly Head doesn't really look silly, unless the slightly high poof in the hair and more forward flare of the LIBERTY band are considered silly. And the hair going through the shoulder is a booby, then I guess terminology has changed significantly since the varieties were named.

coinnut · September 23, 2012 12:53PM

Thanks everyone.

Nice overdate there Lance. I've been waiting to find one in a high grade but I'm pretty sure that ain't gonna happen.
I've read that the terms "Silly Head and Booby Head" date back to the 1860's.

keyman64 · September 23, 2012 1:07PM

Very nice!

SaorAlba · September 23, 2012 8:44PM

Nice coins, thanks for sharing. Now I have to go look at my '39s to see what variety they are.

joecopper · September 23, 2012 9:06PM

Really nice pieces coinnut!!

Walkerguy21D · September 23, 2012 9:49PM

Outstanding pieces!
My initial foray into copper was assembling the major transition varieties from 1835 to 1843, and 1839 is my favorite date as well.
The last coin acquired, as expected, was the 39/6, a respectable (commercial) VF20 from an old collection that I got first shot at.
I've seen some nicer VF30 coins at large shows, but at nearly 4X what I paid for my VF20, I need to stay happy with what I have.

Lance, that Head of '40 looks familiar