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US Large Cents with Major Varieties, Circulation Strikes (1793-1857)

raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
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There are 143 coins in the PCGS US Large Cent registry set 1793-1857. Yesterday, with the acquisition of an S-286 1811/0 classic head cent, I completed it. It took more than a decade to find all the redbook varieties.

The toughest to find nice, were not necessarily the rarest or most valuable. Some varieties are just difficult to find that will be graded by PCGS.

Here are my list of the scarcest varieties:

1. Lettered edge wreath S-11
2. 1793 Liberty Cap
3. 1794 no fraction bar, S-64
4. 1811/0 Classic Head, S-286
5. 1798 rev of 1795 S-155
6. 1800/1798 S-191
7. 1807/6 small 7 S-272
8. 1794 Starred Reverse, S-48
9. 1823 N2 normal date
10. 1839/6 N1


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  • BroweBrowe Posts: 236 ✭✭✭
    Simply amazing! The cohesiveness throughout the set is as impressive as the completeness. Congratulations and thank you for sharing!
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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Amazing rays! Congrats on such a big achievement!

    What next for you? Half cents?
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations!
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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Outstanding! Enjoyed browsing through the images of those carefully chosen coins.
  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    Amazing, one of my fav forum collections. I'll write more a little later. Congrats rays
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I'm sure there's not a lot of people that can say they have done this. Great job image
  • BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭

    Congratulations on an awesome achievement image
  • indeetlibindeetlib Posts: 607 ✭✭
    Fantastic set! Congratulations! So many awesome coins in there.

    And nice find on that 1811/0 - you almost never see them like that.
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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    gratz image

    The toughest to find nice, were not necessarily the rarest or most valuable. - a common theme amongst the EAC - image or is it image lol

    i'm amazed to see at the least the 39/6 on the list. i don't recall seeing many nice ones since you mention it though. tons of rough ones out there.

    i am actually shocked at how many nice (decent) CHLC i've seen out there after some of the statements on this forum. not easy but very doable to find. a lot were raw so perhaps they have been tampered with due to value?

    so your requisite for the statement is nice and in pcgs holders. i steep hill indeed. image

    ESPECIALLY with so many being cracked out submitted, sit in a collection. graded, cracked out, sit in a collection. an interesting cycle/pattern.
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  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭✭
    it's not just the quantity that's amazing... but the quality that also blows me away
  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations! That is a wonderful accomplishment. Only 10 years? You must have been working at it pretty hard. The fact that it is middle grades....circulated coins, makes it quite impressive as well.

    Tom

  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,307 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love looking at your set. Congrats on some very nice coins! <drool>
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭
    That is a heckava set. Congrats Rays. I know it feels good.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image That's a "yowza" set . Sweet like chocolate to the taste, bud.

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  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A big congrats. Large Cents have always been one of my favorites. A monumental task indeed.
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats! image
  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow.
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations.....#9 on your list (1823 N-2) was the last I needed for my middle date set.

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  • dimplesdimples Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭
    Truly an amazing accomplishment Rays! Beautiful pieces of art with some very tough pops in there to boot all in 10 years. Again congrats.

    Dan
  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Really impressive - what a collection!
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  • SunnywoodSunnywood Posts: 2,683 ✭
    Fantastic job !! That is really a collecting accomplishment !!
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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    rays, An absolutely amazing set. Can't fathom how many large cents you have looked at trying to assemble this set. An amazing accomplishment!!
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  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations!!! Obviously great passion to complete such a set.
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  • DaveWDaveW Posts: 61
    Its a tough set congrats
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,445 ✭✭✭✭✭
    now thats one site that i really enjoyed going thru image
  • joecopperjoecopper Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭
    rays -- a really nice 1811 and great collection of copper - the key dates are really nice, especially the s272
  • OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rays, I admire your dedication. Ten years is a long time to stay focused. Congratulations.

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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, what an achievement!


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  • lusterloverlusterlover Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭✭
    Extremely impressive! Your patience with copper has paid off!
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  • DDRDDR Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful set, congratulations!

    You might want to think about getting the collection TrueViewed. They would present well.
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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>Beautiful set, congratulations!

    You might want to think about getting the collection TrueViewed. They would present well. >>



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  • raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you all for your kind words. Some of these coins got truviewed for free as they were put up on the Coinfacts website as I submitted them for certification. About half of both the early dates and the late dates I bought raw and had PCGS certify them. Some of these varities are, for all practical purposes, unavailable in PCGS holders in middle circulated grades. As an example: S-274 1807 small fraction. Although the variety is estimated as R-2, PCGS has certified only 15 total examples, including a couple of AUs, one 64, and a handful of VF and below. I would never had been able to complete the set if I bought only slabbed specimens.
  • rxerrxer Posts: 280 ✭✭
    Nice set rays , I can appreciate the hard work that goes into a set like this. I am currently #3 in the half cent
    major varieties ( with no hope of improving to #2 or #1 ) , but the thrill it provides to find something in the wild
    is worth the ride.
    palmer
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on a great accomplishment! I know exactly what you mean about finding the varieties in the wild and not being able to just buy PCGS coins. You have to get them where ever you can find them including other slabs as well.

    Now you can help me with my 650 coin set!imageimage
  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,559 ✭✭✭
    Great accomplishment that only a small number have ever finished.
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  • coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on a truly great accomplishment! I'd like to think I'll live long enough to get them all as well, but that ain't gonna happen. That 1811/0 is a beauty. image
  • GoBustGoBust Posts: 605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a wonderful set you have assembled! Persistence and knowledge paid off, as is almost always the case for collectors.
  • MarkMark Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a truly remarkable accomplishment. Which of the coins is your favorite? I'd nominate the 1794 starred reverse cent but that's my nomination. It's more significant which one you pick as the favorite.
    Mark


  • raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is a truly remarkable accomplishment. Which of the coins is your favorite? I'd nominate the 1794 starred reverse cent but that's my nomination. It's more significant which one you pick as the favorite. >>


    Here are my favorites:

    1793 Chain cent S-4 with periods PCGS VF25:
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    1799 S-189 PCGS VG8:
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    1812 Small date S-290 PCGS AU58 ex: Husak:

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    1829 Medium letters PCGS MS64 BN (ex: Naftzger, finest known):
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