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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 905748, member: 15199&quot;]Lovette only struck 12 coins in the copper nickel alloy of the cent at that time. After he mistakenly passed one in a bar in 1873 after the war was over, Hazeltine purchased the remaining original copper cents, and arranged to have restrikes made in 1874. The dies broke during the restriking (7 gold, 12 silver, and 55 copper, but no copper-nickel). The dies were assumed to be lost until they turned up defaced in the hands of Bashlow in 1961, and the defaced dies were used to make a transfer die and struck 30,156 in various metals and red fiber (plastic). These are called Bashlow restrikes or more proper &quot; second restrikes&quot;. The dies were then donated to the Smithsonian.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rebelstatescurrency.com/bashlow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rebelstatescurrency.com/bashlow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rebelstatescurrency.com/bashlow.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2903.chtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2903.chtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2903.chtml</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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