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 . dwith the 1856 reverse, but the reverses of these two dates, and of the 1850-1857generally, are so similar that the most experienced collectors will find it a diffi-cult task to point out any notable differences between them. Note.—In Plate VI. No. 1 is the original reverse
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 . dwith the 1856 reverse, but the reverses of these two dates, and of the 1850-1857generally, are so similar that the most experienced collectors will find it a diffi-cult task to point out any notable differences between them. Note.—In Plate VI. No. 1 is the original reverse of the 1840 Half Cent; No. 2 is the restrike;the reverse combined with the 1846 obverse, is the original reverse of that date; the one com-bined with the 1847 obverse, is a restrike; those with 1852 and 1856 obverses, are original tothose dates. The latter is the one said to have been used in combination with the obverse dies ofthe forties to form the restrikes. *We have never seen the 1849 small date Half Cent with the original reverse; but the statement that itexists is corroborated by the testimony of Dr. E. Maris, who distinctly states that in his researches he eventually found Half Cents from 1840 to 1849, (small date inclusive,) having each of the reverses. (See Ameri-can Journal of Numismatics, Jan. 1871.). COLONIAL COINS, TOKENS, MEDALS, ETC. We give below a list of the principal coins, tokens, jetons, medalets,patterns of coinage, and Washington pieces, generally classified in the cabinetsof American collectors under the head of Colonial Coinage; by the kindnessof Mr. Lorin Gr. Parmelee, of Boston, Mass., we are enabled to illustrate manyof them by 33 pieces from his superb collection (Plate IX), and we have addedunder most of them some brief references to authorities in which. an accountmore or less complete will be found. A detailed history of the early coinage ofthe American Colonies the reader will find in Pelts Historical Account ofMassachusetts Currency; Dickes
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