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Message:: [QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 2064408, member: 23692"]I forwarded the thread to Rob Turner, who I know spent a few days in London at the Mint going over old records and gathering data for his first book on the 1858 Large Cents.  Since I helped him with the book (some), I have a copy, but there is nothing specific on specimens.  There are estimates and paper-copy statements that patterns and proofs were made.  If he doesn't show up on the site here, I'll regurgitate the numbers and data.  BTW, the book "The 1858 Cents of Provincial Canada" is a book that should be in any serious collector's library.  Although it focuces on the Large Cents and tacks each of the dies for them, there is a great deal about ALL of the 1858 & '59 mintages, the extensive hitory history, and minting processes for each denomination.  Here is the thread from the other site on the same inquiry: <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=935538" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=935538" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=935538</a>[/QUOTE]