A "Tacky" 1826 Large Cent

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A "Tacky" 1826 Large Cent

#1 Unread post by Matthudson »

Okay, experts:

Struck through, or "a-tacked" outside the mint?

I have to rule out intentional tooling. Closer inspection suggests a tiny tack came into play here.

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Naturally, as with so many imperfect coins, there's the "if only" side:

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Seeing as the cavity has been darkened over time with circulation, this appears to have happened a long time ago. The corresponding bump on the REV is telling me your tack theory is the most likely.
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#3 Unread post by Matthudson »

Ooh! I didn't even notice the reverse! Yep! Matches up, of course. Probably painful for the horse that stepped on them both!
Because the impression is also visible on the reverse, mint-made is ruled out, then?

Or, is this a "Let me declare my undying love for you by pounding this carpet tack into the face of this penny to stave off famine in the coming winter"?
(Also, a reason why I find "The Year Without a Summer", 1816, particularly fascinating.)

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Definitely not from the mint.

Year without a summer...
But...but...but...before the industrial revolution...major climate change without CO2!??

I grew up near Union City, PA in the Lake Erie Snow Belt. The region is somewhat arctic - typically under a couple feet of snow until April. Typical to scrape ice from the windshield into the end of June.

Yet when reading the diary of Union City's founder, an 1860 entry says he was plowing his fields in February!

Shhhh...don't tell modern media but CO2 cannot chemically or physically trap heat and make climate change like is proposed/pushed ($$$profited$$$ from)!

Sorry...pet peeve and off on a rabbit trail...MY fault alone (PM ME the flame emails). I have calmed down now. My temperature has lowered :))

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Earle42 wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:44 am Definitely not from the mint.

Year without a summer...
But...but...but...before the industrial revolution...major climate change without CO2!??

I grew up near Union City, PA in the Lake Erie Snow Belt. The region is somewhat arctic - typically under a couple feet of snow until April. Typical to scrape ice from the windshield into the end of June.

Yet when reading the diary of Union City's founder, an 1860 entry says he was plowing his fields in February!

Shhhh...don't tell modern media but CO2 cannot chemically or physically trap heat and make climate change like is proposed/pushed ($$$profited$$$ from)!

Sorry...pet peeve and off on a rabbit trail...MY fault alone (PM ME the flame emails). I have calmed down now. My temperature has lowered :))

Back to coins...

Sorry to disagree with you on this one, but Year Without a Summer has no bearing to the effects or lack thereof of climate change

The Year without a Summer was caused by the volcanic eruption of Tambora, the largest eruption in modern volcanic history. This eruption ejected so much ash and debris into the upper atmosphere that a significant amount of sunlight was reflected, leading to the summer less year

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#6 Unread post by Earle42 »

Agreed. I was simply saying climates do funny things and have forever. My example was also pre-industrial

My point was nowadays people profit off the subject by scaring people with it.

Tambora was largest? I thought it was Krakatoa...the "loudest sound ever?" You are probably right...its been a long time since college geology!
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Earle42 wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:31 pm Agreed. I was simply saying climates do funny things and have forever. My example was also pre-industrial

My point was nowadays people profit off the subject by scaring people with it.

Tambora was largest? I thought it was Krakatoa...the "loudest sound ever?" You are probably right...its been a long time since college geology!
And yet a nation, very much still in it's infancy had not only learned how to design attractive coins, but also managed to churn out 2.8 million of 'em! Granted, all of them copper large cents, but just look how easy it is to assemble a year set for 1816! Even easier than 1922! I can really go for the "robust" gal depicted on the earlier coronet series.

As for predictions of doom and woe, I just learned that my body is allergic to oxygen. It's causing me to slowly rust from the inside-out. I fear I only have 50 years, tops, left to live. Sad news, indeed.

And, anytime they want to reopen the coal burning factories, I have a window-sill full of (inexpensive) cleaned silver coins in the process of retoning that would not object! (I LOVE tarnish; LOATHE spots!)

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As for predictions of doom and woe, I just learned that my body is allergic to oxygen. It's causing me to slowly rust from the inside-out.
😅😅
I can sympathize for sure. Funny you mention this b/c for years I have been confessing to my friends of my two overwhelming addictions: Oxygen and water.

I cannot kick the habits, they totally control my life.

But I have been told eventually I WILL get over them.
And yet a nation, very much still in it's infancy had not only learned how to design attractive coins, but also managed to churn out 2.8 million of 'em!...
This is something that has always fascinated me as well. It is still beyond the reach of almost everyone with all of our fancy technology and home CRC machines etc. to make something as beautiful and uniform as the mint was making clear back then...with no electricity even!
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8

How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?

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