Welcome to the EAC Website
Early American Coppers (EAC) is a not-for-profit numismatic specialty organization founded in 1967 to serve as a point of contact for collectors of early U.S. copper coins - Colonials, Half Cents, Large Cents, and Hard Time Tokens. Today EAC comprises over 1,200 members located throughout the United States. EAC members are deeply interested in the historical background, attribution, grading, rarity, and related aspects of the early coppers, as well as collecting and trading. Many EAC members are highly knowledgeable and prolific contributors to the numismatic literature of this country.
EAC publishes a quarterly magazine, Penny-Wise, with most issues running over 50 pages. Penny-Wise contains numerous original articles pertaining to early coppers. A number of articles which appeared first in Penny-Wise have subsequently been reprinted in The Numismatist. Three of the reprinted articles are Heath Award winners.
"The early American cents are an intriguing family and they never die, fade or get broken.
Like good jewelry they seem to transcend human mortality and to grow richer with age.
There is a time-binding quality and a sense of intrinsic full value or full integrity
in an early American cent."