Large date

large date: A variety of coin on which the date is physically larger than on other varieties of the same year.
legal tender: Currency explicitly determined by a government to be acceptable in the discharge of debts.

1842-D Large Date, Large Letters
Mintage: 21,691
The 1842-D large date, large letters is one of the rarest half eagles struck at the Dahlonega Mint. Very rare in grades of Extremely Fine or better.

LARGE DATE (LOW 7)
There is also a medium date (not pictured) that is not mentioned very often. One should be very careful when buying a "Small Date" 1970 S to make sure that they do not get the Medium Date.

large date Term referring to the size of the digits of the date on a coin. (Use of this term implies that a medium or small date exists for that coin or series.)
Large Eagle Alternate form of Heraldic Eagle.

large date: the opposite of a small date. This is a relative term.
legend: any of the wording or lettering on a coin. A motto can be a legend.
lettering: any of the letters or words that appear on a coin or its edge.

Large Date Variety
956 1846 Breen-6561. Large Date. MS-60. A satiny and lustrous specimen with rich orange toning highlights. Nicely struck. In MS-60 the 1846 is very elusive. Thus, the present piece should attract much attention.

The Large date variety has a curled base on the 2 of the date; the Small date variety has a flat based 2.
1829
770,000 ...

1837 Large Date Seated Half Dime PCGS XF40
1838 SEATED HALF DIME
Half Dimes 1837, 1837, 1847, 1853-O ...

Small & Large Dates On Business Strikes
This is the So-Called "Small Date" or "Level 7" Variety on a Business Strike ...

A 1796 coin with large date and large Letters (Bolender Five)
Most of them are very scarce and some a rarity.
Some 1796 draped bust silver dollar coin facts.

Large cents of 1846 appear with small, medium and large dates, while 1847 coins include the bold Large over Small 7 variety. The 1855 issues show slanting (italic) or upright 5s. These two types of 5s also occur on cents of 1856.

There is a single exergue line with a large date below. On the date the 17 are close together and to the left. The bottom of Britannia's pole points just to the right of the first 7. The 8 leans to the right and the final 7 is higher and larger.

The first has a large date with the date in a curved line and a tall peak to the 1 in the date. The second variety has a small date with the date in a straight line and a flat top to the 1 in the date.

Varieties: Several known, including 1842 Small Date and Large Date; 1842-O Small Date and Large Date; 1853 Recut Date, no Arrows or Rays (1853/ 1853); 1853, 3 over 4 (Arrows and Rays); 1854-O, Huge O; 1856-S, S Over Small S; ...

The large date US mint sets from 1970 sell for $24. If you have to squint to see the date on a 1970 cent or dime in a proof mint set it's a valuable coin.

1820, Square Base Knob 2, Large Date, XF, Grifitti rt. field obv., (O-105) R-2. only $175.00
1823, XF toned a gun metal gray, O-103, $125.00
1825, O-162, XF, choice with much luster. $100.00 ...

Q: How can you tell what the large date and the small date on the 1982 pennies are? What the 4 different 1982 pennies?

1982 Lincoln Cents
In 1982 cents were struck with both large and small dates. The image on the left is of the large date style - note that all four digits do not fit completely within the frame. The image on the right is of the small date style.

As of January 2000, the two major grading services had recorded a total of two quarter eagles in this grade (an 1843-C Large Date at PCGS and an 1842-C at NGC) and three half eagles in this grade (an 1847-C and an MS-66 1859-C at PCGS plus an 1855-C ...

with as many as five or six known from an estimated mintage of ten. Interestingly, at least one is known that is from a Proof-only die pair. There are more Gems in existence of this year than of the other early Proofs as well. No 1828 Large Date ...

all the way through HVY Heavy ICG Independent Coin Grading Service KM# Catalog# from "World Coins" by Krause & Mishler L Longacre LAMINATION Manufacturing defect that causes the metal to peel or flake away LD Large Date LF ...

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