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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 5135894, member: 105571&quot;]I probably should not have used the term &quot;Type&quot;.&nbsp; Here is what Bowers says in the book <i>A Guide Book of Half Cents and Large Cents, Whitman Publishing, C2015</i>, quoted verbatim:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The cents of 1801 can be divided into two groups, as Dr. William H. Sheldon and Walter Breen divided them in the past.&nbsp; The first group has the first 1 in the date with a serif, while the second 1 in the date lacks this feature.&nbsp; As the 1 with serif is the style of 1800, and as the second 1 in all instances is blunt, it can be assumed that the Serif 1&#039;s were made as incomplete dies with the date as 180, probably in 1800, when the Serif 1 was still in use.&nbsp; In 1801 the dies were completed using the Blunt 1 punch whose use was initiated that year.&nbsp; The second group comprises dies with both 1&#039;s blunt, which were created entirely in 1801.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for everybody&#039;s input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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