The Official A.N.A. Grading Standards book is WRONG?!?!
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Ok, not so much wrong, but appears to have a surprising mistake. This is 1997 version of the book, and I was taken aback to see that Coronet type large cents were minted up through 1835, but I have in my hand one from 1837.
So, a mistake in the book. Are these mistakes common? What is the most notorious example of such? Have you ever gotten super excited because of a mistake in a book, thinking perhaps you have found a valuable rare variety, or that the coin in your possession may be counterfeit?
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that is not a coronet cent
Hey buddy. Have you ever checked the red book? I find it’s not the typos but the reference material. Cool find. Your title threw me a little bit.
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The large cents produced from 1839 to 1857 are referred to as Braided Hair Large Cents. The Coronet Head Large Cents were produced from 1816 until 1839. Check out the PCGS Coin Facts web site for a lot of useful information.
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Speaking of red book it looks like a Liberty head Label error 🥸cool
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Take out your pen. Make the correction. Get on with life.
I have an earlier edition and there are a couple photos that don't match the descriptions (something like a VG and Fine switched). I just made the notation. No biggie.
There is considerable room for disagreement on what to call the cents from various hubs produced from 1835 to 1843. Study them and learn.
Editing mistakes can be found everywhere if you really look for them. Beyond what the other posters have replied, I would add that you can always check later editions for similarities/discrepancies and/or contact the editor (not in this case necessarily but just in general) if you are so inclined.
But nobody has any anecdotes about how mistakes in publications lead them to believe for just a moment they had super rare finds, or that they were holding counterfeits?
If there is such an error, it does not mean much. The 1837 to 1839 large cent period was a time of transition. Designs were changing from the past to the 1840s and ‘50s.
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You mean everyone has sobered up by now?
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When I read something in a reference book that doesn’t jibe with what I think I know, I always assume I am the one who is wrong.
Not sure what that says about me.
I'm pretty sure that all of us here on the board are purrfect and have never made a misteke.
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