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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 1378331, member: 9104&quot;]Tongue-in-cheek...On a serious note; all of the 1815 50c and small portion of 1815 25c were struck and delivered (in 1816) before the Philly Mint fire in late January 1816.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;An outbuilding of the early U.S. Mint in Philadelphia caught fire in January of 1816. All the rolling mills used to roll out planchets for silver and gold coins were destroyed or damaged beyond use. New machinery would have to be procured and installed, but that would take some time. What to do in the meantime? You can’t make silver or gold coins, but you CAN make copper coins! So they minted large cents.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>THE &quot;MISSING DATES&quot; IN U.S. REGULAR ISSUE COINS</p><p>BY JOHN H. MACMILLAN</p><p><a href="http://home.netcom.com/~jhm/missing_dates.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://home.netcom.com/~jhm/missing_dates.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://home.netcom.com/~jhm/missing_dates.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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