History of the cent
Reid Goldsborough
representative (not complete) set tracing the current U.S. cent back its
origin ... the Aegina drachm issued from c. 550 to 340 BC. Fun. And fun
putting this list together, culled from a file I keep of acquired coins.
U.S. (all major types except earliest plus replicas):
* Lincoln union shield cent, 2010-P
* Lincoln bicentennial cents, 2009-P, all four varieties
* Lincoln memorial error cent, 2001, struck significantly off center
* Lincoln memorial proof cent, 1985-S
* Lincoln memorial cent, 1962-D
* Lincoln memorial zinc-coated steel cent, 1943
* Lincoln memorial cent miniature replica, undated (0.24g)
* Lincoln memorial cent paperweight (3 in.)
* Lincoln wheat cent, 1930
* Lincoln wheat cent, V.D.B. variety, 1909
* Lincoln wheat cent, V.D.B. variety, 1909-S, SlickSilver replica
* Indian head cent, 1906 (first collector coin I acquired since
beginning collecting again, in 2000, setting me back $1)
* Indian head copper-nickel cent, 1859
* Flying eagle cent, 1858
* Liberty head large cent, silly head variety, 1839
* Classic head large cent, 1812
* Draped bust large cent, 1798
[No liberty cap, wreath, or chain cents for me, and I personally don't
do replicas unless I have an authentic specimen of the same coin]
British (five representative issuers, including George III, the English
king during the American Revolution who ruled during both the transition
from official British (and other) coinage to official American coinage
and the transition from the silver to the copper penny, Elizabeth I, the
greatest English monarch, and William the Conqueror, who represented the
beginnings of modern Britain):
* George III copper penny, fourth issue variety, 1806
* George III copper penny, cartwheel variety, 1797
* George III copper penny, cartwheel variety, 1797, heavily worn, poor
condition (25.1g vs. 28.3g)
* George III copper penny, cartwheel variety, 1797, prominent "TD"
countermark on obverse
* George III copper penny, cartwheel variety, 1797, Downies replica
* George III silver penny, 1763
* Elizabeth I silver penny, second issue variety, undated (1560-1561)
* Elizabeth I silver penny, fifth issue variety, Museum Reproductions
replica
* Henry III silver penny, Class 3c long cross variety, undated (1248-1250)
* Henry III silver penny cut in half, Class 5a long cross variety,
undated (1247-1272)
* Henry III silver penny cut in quarter, Class 3 long cross variety,
undated (1247-1272)
* Henry III silver penny, Museum Reproductions replica
* William the Conqueror silver penny, PAXS variety, undated (1083-1086)
* William the Conqueror silver penny, PAXS variety, Warrens Coins replica
* William the Conqueror silver penny, PAXS variety, Dorchesters replica
* William the Conqueror silver penny, PAXS variety, Museum Reproductions
replica
* William the Conqueror silver penny, PAXS variety, Winter Reproductions
replica
* Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, series E type 6-7 "porcupine" variety,
undated (695-740)
* Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, series E type 6-7 "porcupine" variety,
Warrens Coins replica
* Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, series E type 6-7 "porcupine" variety,
Museum Reproductions replica
Roman (one issuer -- first and greatest Roman emperor -- two types plus
varieties, ancient imitatives, ancient counterfeits, modern replicas,
and modern forgeries):
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius left shield front b9 variety, 2
BC-4 AD
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius left shield front b9 variety, 2
BC-4 AD, heavily corroded
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius right shield front b9-X variety, 2
BC-4 AD
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius right shield front Pd variety,. 2
BC-4 AD
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius right shield front Pd variety,. 2
BC-4 AD, crystallized and broken
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius right shield front Pd-X variety, 2
BC-4 AD
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius variety, ancient Colchian imitative
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius variety, unknown ancient imitative
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius variety, ancient fourree
counterfeit (foil type)
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius variety, ancient fourree
counterfeit (surfaced enriched type)
* Augustus denarius, Caius and Lucius variety, modern Warrens Coins replica
* Octavian denarius, trophy on prow variety, 29-27 BC
* Octavian denarius, trophy on prow variety, 29-27 BC, broken
* Octavian denarius, trophy on prow variety, 29-27 BC, poor condition,
near slug
* Octavian denarius, trophy on prow variety, modern Slavey replica
* Octavian denarius, trophy on prow variety, unidentified modern
Bulgarian replica with COPY countermark
Greek (four issuers plus ancient imitatives, ancient counterfeits,
modern forgeries, and modern replicas):
* Alexander the Great lifetime drachm, Sardis, 334-323 BC
* Alexander the Great posthumous drachm, poor condition, near slug
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient Thracian imitative
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Bulgarian forgery of ancient
Thracian imitative
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient Galatian imitative
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient Arabian imitative
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with green of
underlying bronze exposed through corrosion
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with brown of
underlying bronze exposed through corrosion
* Alexander the Great drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with brown of
underlying bronze exposed through ancient test cuts
* Alexander the Great drachm, 19th century Becker restrike
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Lebanese forgery
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Bulgarian forgery
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Bulgarian replica with COPY mark
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Slavey replica
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Antiquanova replica
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern Newsweek replica (unmarked with
COPY or similar countermark)
* Alexander the Great drachm, modern House of Pewter and Sterling Silver
replica
* Alexander the Great eagle drachm, Amphipolis, 336-326 BC
* Istros inverted heads drachm, 400-300 BC -- 3 authentic varieties
* Istros inverted heads drachm, ancient Thracian imitative
* Istros inverted heads drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with silver
plating intact
* Istros inverted heads drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with some of
bronze core exposed
* Istros inverted heads drachm, ancient fourree counterfeit with most of
bronze core exposed
* Istros inverted heads drachm, modern Lipanoff/Bulgarian forgery
* Istros inverted heads drachm, modern Bulgarian forgery
* Istros inverted heads drachm, modern Slavey replica
* Istros inverted heads drachm, modern Antiquanova replica
* Istros inverted heads drachm, modern forgery of Antiquanova replica
* Apollonia Pontika Medusa drachm, 450-350 BC -- 10 authentic varieties
* Apollonia Pontika Medusa drachm, 450-350 BC, holed
* Apollonia Pontika Medusa drachm, ancient Celtic imitative
* Apollonia Pontika Medusa drachm, modern "New York Hoard" Bulgarian forgery
* Apollonia Pontika Medusa drachm, modern Bulgarian forgery
* Aegina turtle drachm, variety with skew pattern reverse, c. 485-480 BC
(drachms are very difficult to find compared to the larger staters)
* Aegina turtle drachm, modern Apollonians replica
Again, representative. You could go crazy trying to even approach
completeness with this. Note that I'm not in any way suggesting that I'm
not crazy.
I'm also doing still other variations on these, including my latest,
nondeceptively altered coins (maybe there's a better term for these).
Using U.S. small cents as just one example, these include:
* Lincoln memorial elongated cent produced by Maryland Token and Medal
Society
* Lincoln memorial stamped cent with John F. Kennedy portrait on obverse
* Lincoln memorial pop-out three-dimensional cent
* Lincoln memorial double-headed magician's trick cent
* Lincoln memorial holed cent
* Lincoln wheat lucky penny encased cent in aluminum horseshoe-shaped
keychain holder
* Lincoln wheat holed cent
* Indian head encased cent, encased in arrowhead
* Indian head holed cent
* Indian head cut coin pendant jewelry
* Indian head electromagnetically shrunken cent
* Flying eagle holed cent
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Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos
Jerry Dennis
wrote, in part:
> Long post. Status report on a set in progress. I've been working on a
> representative (not complete) set tracing the current U.S. cent back its
> origin ... the Aegina drachm issued from c. 550 to 340 BC. Fun. And fun
> putting this list together, culled from a file I keep of acquired coins.
<snipage>
> * Lincoln memorial zinc-coated steel cent, 1943
<more snipage>
Jerry Dennis
> Long post. Status report on a set in progress. I've been working on a
> representative (not complete) set tracing the current U.S. cent back
> its origin ... the Aegina drachm issued from c. 550 to 340 BC. Fun.
> And fun putting this list together, culled from a file I keep of acquired
> coins.
<snipage>
> * Lincoln memorial zinc-coated steel cent, 1943
<snipage>
I want one of those!
Jerry
(It's late, and I sent the first reply before I finished it.)
Reid Goldsborough
>> * Lincoln memorial zinc-coated steel cent, 1943
> <snipage>
>
> I want one of those!
I liked your first post better, pure snipage. I can sell you my 1943
zinc-coated steel cent. I think $1,000 is fair. If you bargain hard, I
might come down $100. Actually, thanks for pointing out my typo. I meant
of course to write "Lincoln bicentennial zinc-coated steel cent, 1943."
I wish I could have written "Lincoln wheat copper cent error, 1943" or
even better "Lincoln wheat silver cent error, 1943." But if there's one
thing I've learned about coin collecting -- pay attention now -- it's
that you can't have everything. Unless you're Louis Eliasberg, but he's
dead.
Anka
I see you're still bloviating, Reid.
~Anka
Reid Goldsborough
> I see you're still bloviating, Reid.
This is one of the funniest posts I've ever read. You complain about my
"bloviating" when I share detailed information about the status a
numismatic set I'm working on, yet you quote the entire message, more
than 1,000 words, to bottom post this one sentence. And this is your
first post in, let's see, more than eight months. I'll say again: You
sure know how to pick 'em! LOL.
oly
You're more interested in penis than pennies, Reamo.
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