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Title: Monograph of United States cents and half cents issued between the years 1793 and 1857: to which is added a table of the principal coins, tokens, jetons, medalets, patterns of coinage and Washington pieces, generally classified under the head of colonial coins. A contribution to the numismatic history of the United States
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Frossard, Ed. (Edouard), 1837-1899 Loewy, Benno, 1854-1919. fmo
Subjects: Cent Coins
Publisher: Irvington, N.Y. : The author
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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1. No. 5. Date a trifle smaller, with 1 under the point of bust. No. 6. Close date, with 1 opposite the point of bust. No. 7. Fifteen-stars variety. No. 8. (Not illustrated.) A break in the die, just above the hair, has theappearance of a sort of top-knot. There are at least twenty-two slight varie-ties of this date. The Cents of this date are common. Proofs are known. 1818, 1819, 1820.Illustrated by five obverses. (Plate VII.) 1818. Large and small dates, connected stars, cracked die, etc., distin-guish the varieties. At least ten pairs of dies were used. > 1819. Large and small dates, connected stars, 9 over second 8, absenceof dot on reverse, etc. At least ten pairs of dies have been noticed. 1820. Struck over 1819, (see illustration); large and small dates, con-nected stars, absence of dot on reverse, etc. At least fourteen pair of dieswere used. The varieties in each of these years have only slight differences. The Cents of these dates are common ; proofs are known. Plate All
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THEHElIOTroPRDiTCHOCO. 280 DEnfflSHIBB St BOSKJT!. Oopybight. 1878. Ed.Prossab: UNITED STATES CENTS. 33 1821. Illustrated by one obverse. (Plate VII.) Small and larger date. Three or four pairs of dies were used. In very fine or nearly proof condition, the Cents of this date are very rare; otherwise onlyscarce. 1822.Illustrated by one obverse. (Plate VII.) A few varieties.Easily found in any condition but proof. 1823.Illustrated by one obverse. (Plate VII.) No. 1. Struck over 1822; the second 2 in the date partly visible betweenthe curls of the 3. (See illustration.) No. 2. Perfect date. (Not illustrated.) On account of the small number coined, the Cents of this date are generally consideredscarce, yet they are not unfrequently found in poor condition. A few proofs of the 1823 over1822 variety are known, the specimen illustrated being one of these. Note.—The second obverse of this date, has been combined with a reverse of a later date,forming what is called the 1823 Mint restrike. T

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