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 . pearance for the first time. The no centre dot. No. 3. Booby Head. The curl under the bust is much shorter than inprevious issues; otherwise similar to No. 2. Reverse: The bar under one cent is omitted in this issue, and does notagain make its appearance. No. 4.
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 . pearance for the first time. The no centre dot. No. 3. Booby Head. The curl under the bust is much shorter than inprevious issues; otherwise similar to No. 2. Reverse: The bar under one cent is omitted in this issue, and does notagain make its appearance. No. 4. 1840 Head. This variety is different from any of the preceding,and properly belongs to Class VII. The head is smaller, and the hair over theforehead braided. No. 5. Struck over 1836. In this variety the 6 is plainly discernibleunder the 9. (Not illustrated.) The Cents of this date are rare in very fine condition ; otherwise common. CLASS VII. THE BRAIDED HAIR CENTS. Illustrated by twenty-four obverses. (Plate VIII.) General description. Head of Liberty, facing to the left. The head issmall, the bust short and rounded. The hair, confined by a pointed coronetinscribed liberty, is braided over the forehead, and tied behind with beadedhair-strings into a coil. Before and behind the ear the hair is smooth, but Plate YH1. TheHehotypePmhtimoCo. 220 Devshshirs St Bostoh jofyright. 1878. UNITED STATES CENTS. 35 ringlets fall over the shoulder and extend under the bust. Thirteen stars aredisposed in a circle near the border; the date, in a straight line, is under thebust. Reverse: The same as reverse of Class YI, with the omission of the centredot and of the bar under the word cent. From and after 1843 one cent onreverse is materially larger. The milling is generally narrow and deep, notquite near the rim. The edge is plain. Diameter 28 millimeters. 1840 to by twenty-three obverses. (Plate VIII.) 1840. Large and small dates. Trifling varieties. 1841. We have
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