200 years ago - end of an era. Post a 1814 cent.
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The last Classic head large cents were struck and delivered to the Mint Treasurer on October, 1814. By the end of the year they were all paid out. The mint would not make cents again until the following December, when they made 1816 cents with the new design.
To honor the end of an era, 200 years ago. post a 1814 cent if you have one.
To honor the end of an era, 200 years ago. post a 1814 cent if you have one.
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And here is a piece that was once in my collection. I could not get it graded, but I think that it was nicer.
This coin is actually a nice milk chocolate medium brown, not as dark as the photo depicts....and I apparently never bothered
taking a reverse photo, though it is equally nice.
it's not a 1814 though.
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Wowzabunga!
This is a tougher date to find with decent color and surfaces:
This one has an interesting story....I bought a 1798 large cent from a dealer acquaintance at the Central FL show that turned out
to be a high R4 variety....I sold the coin about a month later at Summer FUN to Chris McAwley for a tidy profit - and less than 1 min from
leaving his table, the dealer who had sold me the '98 was walking by and stopped me and said, I have another large cent at my table that
you might like, and I can price it right....so I follow him back, and bought this coin using about half the profit on the '98 cherry pick:
The remaining profit plus some additional cash got me this one at the same show:
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I knew it would happen.
I guess this is one of the primary reasons why I collect, to hold a piece of history in my hand.