Bignubnumismatics

Dirt, and the equipment still wouldn't have made it cost-effective to do this. It wasn't just lead either, although most metals are lower than that of the copper and gold metals, Iron has a melting point of 2,800 degrees.

I don't think it was "hard" necessarily, just that it took far too much effort, time, and money for it to make any sense in repurposing the copper for use as alloy in the other denominations.

I would look into joining the EAC (Early American Coppers). This should help with meeting specialized dealers and collectors who can help you. Large cents, especially those minted during the war of 1812, were struck on terrible planchets that were far from perfect because the copper was bought from GB. A decent, unmarked large cent is hard to find. A dealer I would recommend is Chris McCawley. His website, earlycents.com, is extremely nice and has plenty of problem-free examples to choose from.

I just had spaces in my last username.

I've posted on here before with Barber dime varieties, I have the same username just opened a new account with a new email.

A friend has been working on a website and an AI grading tool for quite some time now. It has come a long way from where it started, but it still needs revisions and help from the public. If you get a chance, please view the AI grading tool and provide some feedback. We're hoping to make this tool, and the website, accurate and mainstream enough to help beginning and advanced collectors. Any help/feedback is welcome and appreciated. https://coinshow.us/ai-grader (I would recommend opening it on a PC, he hasn’t prepared it for mobile use yet. Also, it’ll make you create an account so that you can upload images)