The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
RECORDS FOR COPPER Cents
rHEH ONI ~ m.
STRONGEST o. HDEEI,
Man, = Man Has B.abered Ter l~t-, d,
the Effort to t.et n Coin of i,"r. n,r.
Dnr of stsS drought sltn I,.rrnt.
u Only Three of oRe In...r .,i.,.,

bnc Of sstss tsrobSht $50 " cent.
~ only Three of t,ne o.. ,,,,,,
MANY record prices for lu.', S.. --,
COINS have been made IN 1910. boa ....
Cially remarkable. have been rs.. ....
which have been paid for CERTAIN ........
OF 1h. old fashioned copper "",. ...,.
w-r. ISSUED from 1919 to 1857 lr.-. .-.
nov IN. highest priced series OBJ. ....,
IN the world. according to -'u,.uror,
recently made by one Of AnmrrI,a. .at
ing numismaiISts
! The highest pric. ever paid To- o..
was $50 which this year was paid '.r An
uncirculat.Ad specimen ~ "A 1.-The. 90,
cent dated l79a which was sold r 'br.
/ CITY last September The form"r pwna-
of the coin. the late Peter MouH"v ~ tin
cinnaii. is said TO have taken tr,l, from
his HON. TO Philadelphia IN "r.i"r D..
secure this specimen
! Tn. rare~t cents and highest % r-ice
ar. those dated i79,. 1890 and iNnr AZ
Of which when uncirculated ar.. h".I ~
siO0 and upward. There are a nurr.h..r
Of other pieces dated several year la,ar
that bring high premiums when IN Nm
circulated condition. One Of these p.
dated 1909 All the cents OF this wear
are very scarce in fine condition and - =
difficult 10 procure n specimen that hno-
not show considerable wear Therr ar.
two varieties OF this cent which are hold
NJ a high premium. The first OF 'he>a :
known IA the Comet variety Il gains
this title from the fact that break IN The
die shows IA cometlike treak Of metal
or ridg. just behind the head 4 srlan.
III l. r
sold for sii this wear. while another rsn-
Of 1904. n perfectly struck coin, hrouehr
the record figure of SIS
The cent of 1921 in perfect condition =
another extremely rare and valuable
coin This wear what was said - have
been the finest known cent Of This date
brought s5s, while an uncirculatei cent
OF 1879 brought San.
A variety Of the cent Of 1925 one ~ tho
finest known. Of red color just a, II
originally came from the colnag" rro-s
brought s23. while a splendid uncirculatsd
cent uf 1927. also thought 10 lie. The. finest
known. sold this year for s2i
II must not be Inferred thar all cents
IL i'm the original mint red state Of rr..~ar-
walton necessarily m,rst he very valuable
for thar j. not TN. cas-" Perfectly r..i
cents - such early dates ~ 1913 49,
ISIS 1919 and 1870 are easily pro"ur.,u..
ot - uranium r,py;r, rro,, =; ,,,,,- go.
10 n few dollars
An 1884 cent this wear brought 81, y
was Of TN. variety sbow;r, nm ,,-,..,..,
date in larR" figures with small ,r-
around ia. b.,d ~ -, harry T. &C.,. l..
brilliant proof condition
There. arr. many r,ya and bt,,,. ,,,,,I
c.p,s .,...,, flor tho In, ,, inc, 500,
fin. pr,,r can, d,,od is,, ,,,.,t IN
figures an tho d,t. hr,u,bt ,LI. ,...r a.
while a brilliant rcd nroor r..,, ~ I.,,
with small figures in ,b, data .,I4r.,sr,
A snIepdid nro,F car, ~ ,s,s v,,t ,,r
figures in IN. dat. bro,,g,, S.9 urd ,.,.l
proof cen, If ls.o sold for col
The r,r.st nf all rho cont T.. ,..,r,.,-
J,,a,, t.oa IT, ,1nc, calm, L.; ,,,...-
n COY :....,ur. "a. !. has NO, boo, ,,,.,,I
At auction .,rc. 1890 when two sr,acfrr.rs
were di-po-.d Of al the saI. Of rho par.
melee. collection This variety NJ con, ..
n the flowing hnir- tvna which 81.
, h.ld of Liberty To the right with v,,l,ilv
lowing hair. which was one Of the rir,,
i..i Rns 70 ho mad. AT the mint Tho coin
hoes nor differ materially IN d..,i,-, Frp,,
Nertain other cents OF I7aa showIrr
vr.,tb as, IN. -,,..rs. o,oa,. a. . -
III ''
'"""'I "'r''tE "ti"er inc bi-' 81 ''''-
'rtv nus - representation Of ~p~c
four leaves. VARYING ~ 'r,s
espac, from rh. other similar v,r,a.,,s
. ,b. y..,r which .ho,. h,,, ,hr,,, -.
W ~ S''lH
rms cent - known - TN" four ""
lover cont md up to The, rre>,"n' two
rl tbr., ..ro,i,,,.ps ,-c 1e,in;t..l,, Lr,r.,,
m ,Lr.,,, 49,, =; ,t, ,..,t,.,i y. ~
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