Pictured is a 1783 Washington Unity States copper cent that I acquired at a Virginia coin show this past weekend. I got it for a rather decent price. It's the first Washington Unity States for my collection... I have typically avoided this series because it is postulated that these coins were actually produced in the 19th, rather than, the 18th century. According to the University of Notre Dame Library, Department of Special Collections: (http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/WashUNITY.intro.html) "[T]he "Unity States" copper cent was probably produced in Birmingham, England. "Unity States" cents were made using striated planchets, often filed down at the rim to make them rough. This filing helped to both obscure the legends and to give the newly minted coins a worn appearance... The obverse legend is weakly struck on the left side. Filing marks can be seen in the A, S and H with some deeper planchet voids above them and below the date. [O]n the reverse the bottom portion of the fraction 1/100 is completely missing." Some of this intentional planchet manipulation appears to be evident on this specimen. Thus, I surmise that efforts at grading this specimen will be a bit more challenging. Any comments and thoughts about it are appreciated and welcomed! Thanks, kindly CheetahCats
1793 large cent-> yes I agree. That's why I've generally stayed away from them. It's a dead giveaway when the reverse of the coin mimics a coin produced a decade or so later. Still, I got it for a rather low price, so I'm happy
