US Large Cents
This page depicts only US Large Cents, the representatives of a few types (not all), that I dug up at various locations in the North-East USA. The best coin of each type was chosen.
ONE CENT LARGE (DRAPED BUST), 1796 - 1807
Style 1 hair appears on all 1796-96, many 1798 varieties and 1800 over 1798.
Style 2 hair, used 1798-1807, is mostly recognized by the extra curl near the shoulder.
Specifics:
Size: 29mm or 1-1/8"
Weight: 10.89 grams or 168 grains
Edge: Plain
Composition: Copper
Quantity minted: 16,009,810
Proofs minted: None of record
Mint marks: None
Designers: Robert Scot, Gilbert Stuart
The border of the coin is denticled.
REVERSE: The size of the lettering in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA varies throughout the series.
Key-dates:
1796 (LIHERTY error), 1799 (9 over 8), 1799 (normal date), 1801 (3 errors: 1/000, one stem & IINITED), 1804 (with normal or broken dies), 1804 (Unofficial restrike of 1860 - uncirculated), 1807 (Small 7 over 6, Blunt 1)
ONE LARGE CENT (CORONET TYPE), 1816 - 1857
The group CLASSIC HEAD TYPE (1808 - 1814) is not included here, as I don't have any "photogenic" coins of this type. The copper used was "softer," having less metallic impurity. This impaired the wearing quality of the series.
MATRON HEAD 1816 - 1835 (with 13 or 15 stars)
YOUNG HEAD 1835 - 1857
BOOBY HEAD 1839
PETITE HEAD 1839 - 1843
MATURE HEAD 1843 - 1857
Specifics:
Size: 27.5 mm
Weight: 10.89 grams or 168 grains
Edge: Plain
Composition: Copper
Quantity minted: 127,303,432
Proofs minted: None of record
Mint marks: None
Designers: Robert Scot, Christian Gobrecht, William Kneass
OBVERSE: Variations in the style and size of the date exist for particularly every year of issue.
Key-dates:
1834 (Large 8 & stars, medium letters), 1839 (9 over 6, plain cords), 1857 (Large and Small date)
More than 70 varieties of Large Cents are known. My other Large Cent finds can be viewed in the Photogallery of US Copper Coins.
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