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How large is a large cent?

thatoneguythatoneguy Posts: 285
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Can someone please post a picture of a large cent next to some modern coins? I'm curious to how large a large cent really is since I've never seen one.

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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...no picture but i have a chart to give you an idea as compared to other coins. just scroll down hth image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,590 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Slightly larger than a quarter.

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    thatoneguythatoneguy Posts: 285


    << <i>...no picture but i have a chart to give you an idea as compared to other coins. just scroll down hth image >>



    Thanksimage Very helpfulimage
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    leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>...no picture but i have a chart to give you an idea as compared to other coins. just scroll down hth image >>



    Thanksimage Very helpfulimage >>




    But yet, the very coin you were inquiring about is missing from the lower chart. I just find it interesting that you had to use a little imagination after all.
    Go out and buy the red "Guide Book of United States Coins" by R. S. Yeoman. there, you will find all the metric diameters and pictures of many coins.


    Leo image

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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>...no picture but i have a chart to give you an idea as compared to other coins. just scroll down hth image >>



    Thanksimage Very helpfulimage >>



    ...image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    "But yet, the very coin you were inquiring about is missing from the lower chart."


    Leo image >>



    ...image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    RTSRTS Posts: 1,408 ✭
    image
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Neat graphic.
    This being a wiki I guess someone could plug in the Large Cent.
    Anyone know how to do this?

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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Large cents are 28mm dia. Small cents are 19mm. (Chain, wreath are 27mm.)
    Lance.
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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image >>



    What a dramatic contrast, something so gorgeous on the left, next to something fugly on the right.
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you say something about getting ugly.
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    leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"But yet, the very coin you were inquiring about is missing from the lower chart."


    Leo image >>



    ...image >>



    I'm assuming the OP was referring to the largest of the large cents, the 29.0 mm. Although it's listed in the first chart, they don't show a picture for comparison in the 2nd chart. Does that help?


    Leo

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