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 . ear the forehead. The date wide, with 1 under the hair, andthe upper curl of 5 partly concealed by the bust. Reverse: one cent high in wreath, the distance from the upper line ofone to the rim being ten, and from the lower line in cent to lower rim fourteenmillimeters. Borde
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 . ear the forehead. The date wide, with 1 under the hair, andthe upper curl of 5 partly concealed by the bust. Reverse: one cent high in wreath, the distance from the upper line ofone to the rim being ten, and from the lower line in cent to lower rim fourteenmillimeters. Border milled; edge plain; struck on a thin planchet. No. 4. Jefferson Head. The head is entirely different from any variety ofthis or other dates. The profile is in a nearly straight line from the hair to thepoint of nose; the lips pouting, the chin pointed; the hair straight, with a fewthin locks at the end, one of which forms a long double curl under the bust,and points at 1 in date. There is no band around the hair. The legend libertyin large letters, widely spaced, is equally distant from cap, head and edge. Thedate between 179 wide, the 5 a little nearer 9. Reverse: one cent in centre large; the legend and the fractional denomi-nation also large. The wreath bears large elongated leaves, nearly all double Platk III.
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