Talk:Large cent

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I've added the obverse and reverse of the 1794 large cent to this article. Floaterfluss ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How large is large?

The article states that the large cents measure between 27mm and 29mm, but without a ruler at hand, I don't really know how large that is. Is it as large as a quarter? -ErinHowarth (talk) 04:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's large compared to most coins. A quarter is about 24.25mm and a dollar coin is now 26.5mm, so it is larger than either. I suggest read articles about the coins of various currecies that have a table of the coins showing the their diameters, for example Coins of the Australian dollar or Coins of the Canadian dollar#Specifications. Karl (talk) 09:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Split the difference between a Washington quarter and a Kennedy Half. That's pretty darn close. Bobby ^{I'm Here, Are You There?} 15:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

multiple new articles

A group of new articles have been created for individual patterns, eg Liberty Cap cent, but seem to have less information than the main article. Maybe merges are needed - have tagged a couple, not the whole lot. PamD (talk) 11:33, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. I will merge Liberty Cap cent now. --Mblumber (talk) 05:58, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the Classic Head page. It was incorrect in its information, grammar and spelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.50.4.4 (talk) 19:09, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Specifications of the Large Cent

There are numerous sources to get specifications for this coin. This information would be both useful and important. This data could be compaired to, for example, the Conneticut Copper, or the English Penny. Sources include the Red Book, the Black Book, or the Blue Book. These are three will-known and respectd sources of numismatic data. Any reasonnably well informed coin collector would know these sources. It is recommended that these specifications be included in this artice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcassidycurtis (talk • contribs) 17:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Why are images of reverse sides missing?

I find it most bizarre that there are no easily obtained unrestricted photos of United States large cents reverses. If the obverse images are shown, then why not simply show the reverse images using the same unrestricted sources as were already used for the article? For such an otherwise highly informative article, it is totally unacceptable to leave out what the reverse sides of these beautiful coins look like! I am disappointed to say the least. Linstrum (talk) 12:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why not 1815?

The article currently has two explanations for there being no cent coins minted in 1815: the fire, and a copper shortage. Can we sort out which is right, or if and how both contributed? Onanoff (talk) 17:57, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have the special February 2015 Issue of Coin World that I will use to fix this up. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 18:10, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Photos appear in wrong places in mobile app

The Classic head photo appears in the Draped Bust section. It looks much better on a desktop where it shows to the side of the two sections. GeneCallahan (talk) 16:13, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]