PCGS No: 1504

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 96,500
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 type were struck at the Philadelphia Mint)

Notes:
The finest 1804 Large Cent graded by PCGS is a single MS-62BN.

The "Restrike" combines an altered obverse of 1803 Sheldon 261 and a reverse of 1820 Newcomb 12 (Sheldon mis-identified it as a die of 1818; Dr. Charles McGirk mis-identified it as a reverse of 1810).  This reverse die was also used to "restrike" 1810 Large Cents in Tin.

Images courtesy of Dirk Loebbers

Varieties (1):
Sheldon 266 - Common
Copper "Restrike" - Common
Tin "Restrike" - Extremely Rare

1804 "Restrike" in Copper and Tin - believed to have been struck circa 1860 by Joseph Mickley and Edward Cogan using an altered 1803 obverse and a reverse of 1820!  Tin examples are extremely rare.

Recent appearances:
Restrike.  Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2501, sold for $368.00

Restrike.  Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2502, sold for $253.00

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2005" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

"Penny Whimsy" by Dr. William H. Sheldon

"Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793-1814" by Walter Breen