Just picked this 1820 Large Cent up yesterday

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• MikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 1:19AM

  How is it special?
  
  Non Randall hoard coin, clearly.
  
  What else?

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• garrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 1:31AM

  
  I like it..

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• BillJones Posts: 34,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 1:56AM

  It must be rare Newcomb variety ...
  
  Ahh, yes, N-14, R-5- according to John Wright ... rare in all grades ... census reaches down to Fine with "12+" examples.

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• Walkerguy21D Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 1:57AM

  I don't have my references with me - I know it is not an N-6, and I don't see any evidence of the overdate, so that excludes N-1.
  Unless it's a distortion caused by the photo, it looks to be 'out of round' - so maybe it's the planchet used that's special, or the way it was struck?

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• notwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 2:10AM

  I don't have my references either but I'm guessing N-14. The date looks right. --Jerry

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• halfcentman Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 2:10AM

  
  
  << <i>It must be rare Newcomb variety ...
  
  Ahh, yes, N-14, R-5- according to John Wright ... rare in all grades ... census reaches down to Fine with "12+" examples. >>
  
  
  
  N-14 it is. Nice job.

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• notwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2011 2:27AM

  BillJones post wasn't there when I started looking. He must have started his post before mine but finished after. Makes sense since he came up with more detail.
  --Jerry
  
  

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