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<p>[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 3015367, member: 23692"]Dillan ... As far a total mintage goes, there were 10 million ordered and, of the 10 million, you had 1858's, 9/8's and '59's. My person feeling, and those of other experts who have heavily studied the Provincial cents through mint and delivery records, is that there were way more than 421,000 1858's struck .. probably a million more than currently listed in books. Then there were 1/2 million or more of the 1859/8's, leaving only about 8 million or so 1859 narrow 9's.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were over 200 Reverse dies now catalogued and, possibly, up to 300 total reverse dies that were used. Because of the intricate design and the thin planchets, reverse dies were lucky to get 50,000 strikes .. some dies probably only struck less than 10,000 coins before destroying themselves. I would strongly suggest that you go to Haxby's 1859 site called Vickycents and start studying. It is facinating and I can suggest no better place to study than on that site. You should also go back and read some of the comments I've made in this thread. You don't need to be a die tracker to use the site .. there is great info there as well. The site is by the same guy whose book you are using .. Jim Haxby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 3015367, member: 23692"]Dillan ... As far a total mintage goes, there were 10 million ordered and, of the 10 million, you had 1858's, 9/8's and '59's. My person feeling, and those of other experts who have heavily studied the Provincial cents through mint and delivery records, is that there were way more than 421,000 1858's struck .. probably a million more than currently listed in books. Then there were 1/2 million or more of the 1859/8's, leaving only about 8 million or so 1859 narrow 9's. There were over 200 Reverse dies now catalogued and, possibly, up to 300 total reverse dies that were used. Because of the intricate design and the thin planchets, reverse dies were lucky to get 50,000 strikes .. some dies probably only struck less than 10,000 coins before destroying themselves. I would strongly suggest that you go to Haxby's 1859 site called Vickycents and start studying. It is facinating and I can suggest no better place to study than on that site. You should also go back and read some of the comments I've made in this thread. You don't need to be a die tracker to use the site .. there is great info there as well. The site is by the same guy whose book you are using .. Jim Haxby.[/QUOTE]
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