hey guys I picked up a pair of nice raw uncirculated large cents Both appear to be from the same dies. Plus they made for a neat pic I had to share.

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Drooling.

beautiful. I always wonder how coins from that era stayed uncirculated.
Someone had some foresight.

it is amazing sometimes to think where these coins have been since 1818.... who the heck knows....

Looks like the reverse dies were falling apart too. Look at the "R" in AMERICA on the coin on the right.

Great looking coins.

Those dies cracks are really cool.

Those are beautiful!

Weren't these part of a hoard of large cents from the 1820s? I read somewhere about piles of these being stored in barrels, all dated 1818 with those same die cracks almost circling the obverse. Neat coins!

I believe these came from the Randall Hoard which was found in a mint sealed keg in 1867

They're part of the "Randall Hoard", a keg of LC's discovered post-civil war. Accounts of the hoard vary with the best being given in Bowers' "American Coin Hoards and Treasures". Based on the historical accounts and noting what is common today, the hoard is thought to have consisted of several varieties with the 3 most common being 18N10, 20N13 and 20N15.

18N10 is perhaps the most common middle date with, as Noyes says, "thousands in mint state". I would not be surprised at 3k - 4k in mint with an equal number in near mint. 20N13 is almost as common.

Lostdutchman's pieces are nice examples of a later state 18N10 with heavy flow lines from the the stars and letters to the rim (die erosion).

The reverse die (G) was a "workhorse die" previously used on 18N8. Given the average die life of 350K strikes in 1818, this reverse had to last a good 600K.

Arcing die cracks thru the stars and/or letters are fairly common on middle date cents. The relatively close spaced and deeply punched stars and letters create stress points in the die and the dies subsequently crack thru these points due to the stress of coining.

What kind of chocolate are they? Mint? Milk? Dark?

Great info,

And as for the coins, WOW X 1000, I'd love to own a pair of those ladies. Heck, even one.....in Xf would make me a happy fox.

they are dark.... with some very nice luster

As much as I like a nice red, or chocolate large cent, I've come to appreciate the darker coins. Copper normally wouldn't stay a nice brown after almost 200 years, they show true to form what an old copper should look like, when stored under normal conditions. Those are really choice in my book.

Chocolate Large Cents with luster *drools*

I have to say. Coinpeople is a double-edged sword. yes, I've learned about die variety collecting (I think I'm gonna be addicted to it) which will be fun to collect

but sadly, you guys make me want to stray from my series sets and pick up a few type beauties such as those two above.

The coins themselves are pretty...but the lady on the coin sure isn't!

Also, what kind of camera are you using? Those are some great close-ups...

i'm sure it's like cents are today ... found in couch cushions

Prrrrretty coins!

Very nice coins .

Those are awesome Matt !!!

You keeping both of 'em?

I will prob be moving them.

They're beautiful. It would be nice to keep them together as a pair for the remaineder of collecting time.

I think so

Holy Sh....