When it rains, it pours...

[TPring]

My wife decided that she wants to get in on some 'coin action' but instead of easing in to LCs, she jumped feet first into large cents! I must admit, large cents are gorgeous.

She decided to purchase three large cents and a six volume set of large cent 'encyclopedias' as well as Penny Whimsy and another book.

Never realized how much effort goes in to the large cent collecting -- Very interesting. It makes the LCs seem elementary.

Well, I guess I'll be branching out soon. Oops, too late.

[Petespockets55]

Another fork in the mighty Collection River.
Is she going for raw or slabbed ones?
And good luck finding them in BW or CW rolls!

[makecents]

Didn't want to push her right into the MS coins so I figured I would point her in the direction of a nice AU58. She can work her way up to the MS coins in time!!

Starter coin Link (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-6-N-1-...egT:rk:38:pf:0)

[GrumpyEd]

Sounds fun.

I think in low grades you can do the classic heads for mostly under $50 each, the coronet, and braided for around $20 each and no real keys unless you try for varieties... if you do the chains and draped bust and liberty cap you'll have a bunch of expensive show stoppers like the 1793 chains and 1793 cap and 1799 and 1796.

LOL, you'll wish she was collecting wheat cents.

Once in a while I thought of a neat set to do, something different, something small enough and pretty that you can do in high grades and not go crazy... it would be proof mercury dimes. There are only 7 of them. 6 of em you can get already slabbed in grades around PF65 for around $200, only the 1936 will cost about $900.. I think that's a fun set, someone can do them all in high grades and the whole set maybe just over $2000 and be sort of fun plus they are pretty coins.

[TPring]

Another fork in the mighty Collection River.
Is she going for raw or slabbed ones?
And good luck finding them in BW or CW rolls!

Two of each initially. Local coin dealer has a couple of raw that we are getting slabbed along with an 1850 Braided hair that is already slabbed and I purchased a slabbed 1830 Coronet off ebay.

Hehe, the roll hunting thing is not her style anyway.

[TPring]

Didn't want to push her right into the MS coins so I figured I would point her in the direction of a nice AU58. She can work her way up to the MS coins in time!!

Starter coin Link (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-6-N-1-...egT:rk:38:pf:0)

Thanks, I appreciate that. The ol' carrot and stick, eh?

Maybe some cardboard cutouts of coins will suffice.

[TPring]

Sounds fun.

I think in low grades you can do the classic heads for mostly under $50 each, the coronet, and braided for around $20 each and no real keys unless you try for varieties... if you do the chains and draped bust and liberty cap you'll have a bunch of expensive show stoppers like the 1793 chains and 1793 cap and 1799 and 1796.

LOL, you'll wish she was collecting wheat cents.

She's already blown the low-cost approach out of the water. She likes to see details on them.


Yes, it is interesting to see the depth of knowledge on these coins and the work that goes into verifying what die-set you are buying. Evidently pedigree matters too as Jons link pointed to a coin from the Rasmussen collection. I am sure you already are well aware of this but it is all new to me [I am simple].

I just hope she stays with it once she starts because it is a huge investment of time [and money].

Unfortunately she is also dabbling in Roman/Greek coins, too -- Luckily they are much, much cheaper.

[GrumpyEd]

What grade is the 1850?

It's fun to hold the ones from the 1700s and wonder who spent it.

[GrumpyEd]

The Roman coins are addictive, all it takes is buy a grab bag of uncleaned ones and try IDing them and you're hooked

[Petespockets55]

Didn't want to push her right into the MS coins so I figured I would point her in the direction of a nice AU58. She can work her way up to the MS coins in time!!

Starter coin Link (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-6-N-1-...egT:rk:38:pf:0)

Nice inexpensive(?) starter Jon.