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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26030727, member: 104064&quot;]According to Wexler <a href="https://doubleddie.com/58201.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doubleddie.com/58201.html" rel="nofollow">https://doubleddie.com/58201.html</a> in the US &quot;With the introduction of the Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents the Mint began placing the letters around the rim of the obverse onto the master die.&nbsp; To avoid the mistakes and inconsistencies that could occur if those letters were punched individually, a single circular punch contained the entire arrangement of letters so that they could all be impressed into the master die at one time.&quot; That would put it 1856 or so. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have observed repunching of some the legend on Barber dimes that spans many years, so if they messed up with the single circular punch method, it stayed for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coincidentally, the thread title was the answer to the Final Jeopardy question tonight (A US TV show) - &quot;Henry VII minted the first pound coin in 1489, which was called this, also a term for what Henry was.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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