Yesterdays finds 2 large cents +

[thunter95]

Yesterday's finds 2 large cents +

I went out with another tnetr' yesterday hitting a local park that backs up to a very old little town. I was able to pull a couple good things. 2 large cents, 1915 York County PA Dog Tax Tag, a large flat button, a couple bucks in clad, owl pin and Boy scout necker chief slide. I have a question for the large cent guys out there. The large cents have the same back, I cannot make out the front of the one yet. (still soaking in olive oil) You can see the one cent and the wreath on both, But the coins are different sizes. The one is a 1841 Bradded hair (in picture) The other is just a few mm bigger and a lot thinner. (by 1/3rd) Is this just normal or am I looking at something different? This is the second one of these thinner larger large cents I have found in this general area. Since I cannot make out the front yet can anyone give me some ideas? Could this be foreign or something that used a back close to the bradded hair? I know back before the cival war the US used just about anyones coins. The area has seen Confederates also I know they had a large cent also. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Terry

 

[Windbreaker]

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Pure cane sugar SWEET! I cant wait to find a lare Cent! i just found my first Idian head 1900 the other day (on top of the ground!)

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Nice finds :

 

[thunter95]

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I soaked the second large cent in Olive oil since yesterday. You can definately make out one cent on the back and America on the side. It looks just like the other ones back what you can see. So the coin is not foreign. Did they make a token with the same back as a bradded hair Large cent? I tried doing a pencil trace of the front and it is just to corroded. I do not think I will ever get a date. But side by side this coin is thinner and just a tad larger. Any Ideas?

 

[allen]

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way to go on that nice bunch of finds...

 

[willybgood]

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I think that your larger coin is an earlier coin because in 1816 the large cents were 10.89 grams and 28 to 29 mm.In 1835 they changed the dies to 27.5 mm with the same 10.89 grams of copper which gave us a thicker coin but just a tad smaller in diameter. Also the 1804 to 1814 classic head type was struck on very soft copper planchets which made them wear poorly,hence sometimes you find them pretty weak or so corroded you cant read a date.

 

[creeper71]

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I just looked at 2 of my large cents..the 1817 is thinner than the 1836 one... I actually noticed this the other night an thought that it was thinner do to being wore down...

 

[Rob66]

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As big as they are people still loosed them.Nice indeed.

 

[Evolution]

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Nice large cents. The second one is probably either a classic head or a matron head (coronet) cent. Just a guess.

 

[sonny60]

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congrats on the lc's found 2 of them myself in April

 

[thunter95]

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Willybgood,
I want to thank you because I think you are right on. The two that I found that are bigger weigh and measure dead on. So they must be from 1804 to 1814 like you said. The fronts are just so warn that you cannot get a date. But now I know a little better how old the area I am searching may go back. The first one that I found was about a month ago in a area about 100 yards from a 1780 to 1840 stone quarry. These two yesterday are from about 3 miles away but in these little old towns between Gettysburg and Harrisburg that also seen Civil War activity. So you just never know what you will find while hunting.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

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Congrats on the LC's!