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1807 Large Cent Obverse     1807 Large Cent Reverse


1807 DRAPED BUST CENT

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 829,221
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)

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Varieties (6):
1807/6 Overdate, Small 7
     Sheldon 272 - Rare

1807/6 Overdate, Large 7
     Sheldon 273 - Very Common

Small Fraction
     Sheldon 274 - Very Scarce

Large Fraction
     Sheldon 275 - Very Scarce
     Sheldon 276 - Very Common

"Comet" Die Break
     Sheldon 271 - Very Common

Notes:
The finest Brown "Large Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65BN.

The finest Red-Brown "Large Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65RB.

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

The finest Red-Brown "Comet" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65RB.

The finest Brown "Small Fraction" example graded by PCGS is a single AU-50BN.

The finest Brown "1807/6, Small 7" example graded by PCGS is a single AU-55BN.

The finest Brown "1807/6, Large 7" example graded by PCGS is a single AU-58BN.

The finest Red-Brown "1807/6, Large 7" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66RB.

The finest Red "1807/6, Large 7" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66RD.

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

"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

 

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