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tonedcoinlovertonedcoinlover Posts: 61 ✭✭✭
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With the passing of the cent post your chain cents for us to enjoy.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,072 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is splendid! 🤤

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,072 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Floridafacelifter said:

    AU55BN

    🤤

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  • GuzziSportGuzziSport Posts: 379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 30, 2025 3:30AM

    @Dave99B Your ANACS chain is very nice! Strong date and nice “circ cam”…
    I’m an American history buff, and I agree that chains have a very distinct cachet about them… early federal coins are my primary interest, and I particularly like well circulated, problem free early federal coins most of all. They just have a history and tell a story, and I feel like they have a direct connection to our founders. That’s very cool for a history geek like me.

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow !
    Those are sure beautiful.......

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,826 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve owned three of the other 1793 cents; both Wreath types, and the Liberty cap, but never a Chain.
    That and the 1799 will probably still be on my bucket list to my grave…

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  • Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭✭

    I wish I could have one

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,780 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    I’ve owned three of the other 1793 cents; both Wreath types, and the Liberty cap, but never a Chain.
    That and the 1799 will probably still be on my bucket list to my grave…

    Same. The1799 has also been on my list for a long, long time. I’d love to add one to my collection. Tough, tough, tough.

    Dave

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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @renomedphys said:





    It’s eventual temporary home:

    There's something magical about a chain cent that looks this nice. Congrats!

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The artwork and original photograph are mine, the coin was not. I made this illustration for a couple of coin album orders.


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  • tonedcoinlovertonedcoinlover Posts: 61 ✭✭✭

    OK. Great coins.
    Now let's try this.
    Post a picture of a Chain cent that you would LOVE to own or see in person.
    They are out there!

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those au's are nice!

  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Someone please post a picture of THE COIN 🙏🏻

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,826 ✭✭✭✭✭


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  • EddiEddi Posts: 586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 1, 2025 8:59AM

    Well, Somebody has to be at the bottom of the ladder......
    My Chain Cent, bought in 1986 when I was 28.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,812 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks, Everyone, for sharing...

    @Eddi ...maybe the "bottom of the ladder" in this thread, but at least you're ON THE LADDER! This is one of those dates that's been elusive for me. I'm definitely looking at lower price points and the individual coins were nowhere near the details of yours! When I was getting back into collecting (early 2000's) a dealer in Albuquerque offered me a raw Chain Cent that the only detail on the obverse was a wisp of Ms. Liberty's profile amid surface corrosion (no date) and the reverse was corroded, cleaned, scratched, and someone had started to drill a hole in the middle. There were 3 or 4 links in the chain visible, so you could definitely tell what it was... and it was STILL over $1k!

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