1816 LARGE CENT - NEWCOMB 1
Rarity: Very Scarce
to RareVariety Equivalents:
Breen 1790
Notes:
No Proofs are known of this variety.
The obverse die of this variety was also used on:
1816 Newcomb 2
1816
Newcomb 3
This was the only use of the
reverse die.
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Images courtesy of Superior
Stamp & Coin
The coin illustrated above
is ex - A.C. Gies - Stack's Fixed Price List #14, January 1942, Lot 407a -
Henry C. Hines - Dr. William H. Sheldon - Numismatic Gallery - Floyd T.
Starr - Stack's December 4, 1984 sale, Lot 1547 - Robinson S. Brown, Jr. -
Superior Stamp & Coin's September 30, 1986 sale, Lot 437 - Dennis
Mendelson - Superior Stamp & Coin's February 3, 1991 sale, Lot 202 - March Wells - Superior Stamp &
Coin's "Pre-Long Beach" sale, February 7-8, 2000, Lot 1727,
"VF-30".
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The
Cent Book 1816-1839" by John D. Wright
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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