1804 Large Cent Restrike; When were they struck?

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  1. CappedBustDimes

    CappedBustDimes Senior Member

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  3. Lugia

    Lugia ye olde UScoin enthusiast

    1860 by joseph mickley and edward cogan
     
    Lugia, Apr 28, 2010
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  4. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Would you please provide some details around this statement?
     
    19Lyds, Oct 30, 2010
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  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    It is said that the Class III 1804 dollars were struck no earlier than 1857, so I'd guess the 1860 date for the cents may not be too far off the mark.
     
    GDJMSP, Oct 30, 2010
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  6. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

    The date of 1860 is from the recollections of three early Large Cent collectors named Doughty, McGirk and Rice. Mickley is presumed to have minted these coins from dies obtained from scrap and minted at an unknown location. Proskey thought it was minted at Philadelphia under supervision of US Mint officials, but that has never been confirmed. The first actual record of a sale was in 1868 when Edward Cogan sold an example at auction.

    Source "Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793-1814."

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