Large cent collectors please help: Has anyone done this yet?
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1794 Large cents have several head styles. Many look similar. With a few good references (except for a few cases of v. worn coins) even a "rookie" collector can attribute one. Here is my question:
Has anyone in EAC or wherever published a chart showing that a coin with Sheldon #XX is "Head of 17XX?"
Link?
If not, IMHO it would be very easy to do in 10 min. by any Large cent researcher and IT IS NEEDED!
If my wish could come true, one of you will post this info or where to find it to this thread. I own all the books, have tried to do this on-and-off, yet I've never finished. After a move, my notes were lost as I failed to mark up my books. 
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Maybe not exactly what you mean, but this site is pretty cool:
http://www.1794largecents.com/1794/38_Heads_of_1794.pdf
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
S-17 to 20 is the Head of 1793
S-21 to 70 looks like the Head of 1794 to me. S-71 looks like a head of '95 to me.
Sheldon says it officially starts with the NC-3 and then S-72.
Wow! Thanks. Now someone needs to ID the Head type for each and I'll get my Christmas wish!!!
I don't know of one, but here is half of the equation:
Board member Big Moose is very knowedeable and has some that will knock you down. He has pointed me to his site years ago, don't have it now.
From recollection , the 1794 Heads of 1793 are S-17 to S-20. The 1794 Heads of 1794 are S-21 to S-66. The 1794 heads of 1795 are S-67 to S-72. The 1794 Exact Head of 1795 is the S-72.
You can see some of mine at www.coingallery.org
Check out some of my 1794 Large Cents on www.coingallery.org
stman, thank you for that compliment.
Check out some of my 1794 Large Cents on www.coingallery.org
I've got this but I find it is of little help.
Thanks, everyone! I'm going to study the Sheldon groups that two of you posted. Is this in the literature somewhere?
Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy by Dr. Sheldon discuss the three head types of 1794 and, if I remember correctly, describes each of the 56 1794 varieties by their Head types.
Check out some of my 1794 Large Cents on www.coingallery.org
@BigMoose said: Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy by Dr. Sheldon discuss the three head types of 1794 and, if I remember correctly, describes each of the 56 1794 varieties by their Head types."
Well, your memory has failed you.
I found the information above posted by you and Bill is exactly what I needed to research/confirm for myself (I'm from the "Show-Me State)." Unfortunately, I've never found this completely spelled-out in Penny Whimsy or any other place on a piece-by-piece basis . When these coins get worn down into the low grades...
I've got Large cent auction cats. like Reynolds, Holms, (looking for my Robinson because of this), the Noyes Reference, etc. No reference to head types. Seems that putting 1794 S-XX Head of XX is so fundamental that "everyone" is supposed to know it. When a collector - even an experienced one - has trouble with some of these coins IMO, the head designation is needed in all the literature.
THANKS AGAIN!