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Obverse of 1803 Large Cent - Sheldon 250     Reverse of 1803 Large Cent - Sheldon 250


1803 DRAPED BUST CENT

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,131,691
Proofs: 0

Designer: Robert Scot

Diameter: ±28 millimeters

Metal content:
Copper - 100%

Weight: ±168 grains (±10.9 grams)

Edge: Plain

Mintmarks: None (all examples of this date were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)

Images courtesy of Superior Galleries

Varieties (24):
Small Date, Small Fraction
     Sheldon 244 - Very Scarce
     Sheldon 245 - Scarce
     Sheldon 246 - Very Scarce
     Sheldon 247 - Scarce
     Sheldon 248 - Rare
    
Sheldon 250 - Scarce
     Sheldon 251 - Common
     Sheldon 252 - Common
     Sheldon 253 - Common
     Sheldon 254 - Common
     Sheldon 255 - Very Common
     Sheldon 256 - Scarce
     Sheldon 262 - Rare
     Sheldon 263 - Scarce
    
Sheldon NC-1 - Rare

Small Date, Large Fraction
     Sheldon 257 - Scarce
     Sheldon 258 - Very Common
     Sheldon 259 - Very Scarce
     Sheldon 260 - Very Common
     Sheldon 261 - Scarce

Large Date, Small Fraction
     Sheldon 264 - Rare

Large Date, Large Fraction
     Sheldon 265 - Very Sca
rce

Error Fraction: 1/100 over 1/000
     Sheldon 249 - Scarce

Stemless Wreath Ends
     Sheldon 243 - Scarce

Notes:
The finest Brown "Small Date, Small Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66BN.

The finest Red-Brown "Small Date, Small Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67RB.

The finest Brown "Small Date, Large Fraction" examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-64BN's.

The finest Red-Brown "Small Date, Large Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67RB.

The finest Red "Small Date, Large Fraction" examples graded by PCGS is a single MS-64RD.

The finest Brown "Large Date, Small Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single EF-40.

The finest Brown "Large Date, Large Fraction" examples graded by PCGS are 2 EF-45BN's.

The finest Red-Brown "Large Date, Large Fraction" examples graded by PCGS is a single AU-53.

The finest Brown "100/000" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64BN.

The finest Brown "No Stems" examples graded by PCGS are 2 AU-58's.

The finest Red-Brown "No Stems" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64RB.

Significant examples:
See variety listings

Recent appearances:
See variety listings
 

S
ources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen

"The PCGS Population Report, April 2005" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

 

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