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Early Cent Types

  • 1839-1857 Braided Hair Large Cent Good Image 1

    1839-1857 Braided Hair Large Cent Good

    This big copper weighs almost four times as much as later small cents. Early U.S. Mint cents were modeled on big British copper pennies of the day. That's why they were called pennies, a name that stuck even though their official denomination was always...

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  • 1816-1835 Matron Head Large Cent Good Image 1

    1816-1835 Matron Head Large Cent Good

    Early U.S. Mint cents were modeled on familiar British copper pennies of the day. That's why they were called pennies rather than the official cent. The 1816-1835 Matron Head was the last coin engraving of Robert Scot, who designed some of the first...

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  • 1796-1807 Draped Bust Large Cent Good

    1796-1807 Draped Bust Large Cent Good

    With a hulking diameter of 29 millimeters — nearly the size of a modern half dollar — Draped Bust cents were issued during the primordial years of the Philadelphia Mint. Designed by Chief Engraver Robert Scot, the bust of Liberty was thought to have...

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  • 1808-1814 Classic Head Large Cent Good Image 1

    1808-1814 Classic Head Large Cent Good

    Early U.S. Mint cents were modeled on familiar British copper pennies of the day. That's why they were called pennies rather than the official cent. The 1808-1814 Classic Head introduced the liberty coronet and 13 stars. 29mm

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