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BRAIDED HAIR LARGE CENTS (1839-1857)
individual dates are listed below
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: 27.5 millimeters
Metal content:
Copper - 100%
Weight: 10.89 grams
Edge: Plain
Mintmark: None
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Images courtesy Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
ex Jerry S. Benson collection, PCGS PR-66 Brown
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Attribution Guide For United States Large Cents 1840-1857", 2nd
edition by J.R. Grellman and Jules Reiver.
|
Date |
Mintage for
Circulation |
Mintage of
Proofs |
Notes |
1839 |
3,128,661 (includes some 1839 Matron Head varieties) |
None reported or known |
Only one 1839
variety (Newcomb 8) features the Braided Hair type.
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1840 |
2,462,700 |
est. 20 |
|
1841 |
1,597,367 |
est. 30 |
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1842 |
2,383,390 |
est. 20 |
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1843 |
2,425,342 |
est. 20 |
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1844 |
2,398,752 |
est. 30 |
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1845 |
3,894,804 |
est. 20 |
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1846 |
4,120,800 |
est. 30 |
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1847 |
6,183,669 |
est. 20 |
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1848 |
6,415,799 |
est. 20 |
The "Small Date" variety is a counterfeit. |
1849 |
4,178,500 |
est. 20 |
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1850 |
4,426,844 |
est. 20 |
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1851 |
9,889,707 |
None reported or known |
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1852 |
5,063,094 |
est. 20 |
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1853 |
6,641,131 |
None reported or known |
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1854 |
4,236,156 |
est. 30 |
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1855 |
1,574,829 |
est. 100 |
Upright and Slanting 5 varieties |
1856 |
2,690,463 |
est. 150 |
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1857 |
333,456 |
est. 200 |
Large and Small Date varieties. Last year of the type and denomination |
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