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The United States large cent was a coin with a face value of 1/100 of a United States dollar. Its nominal diameter was 1 1 ⁄ 8 inch (28.57 mm). The first official mintage of the large cent was in 1793, and its production continued until 1857, when it was officially replaced by the modern-size one-cent coin (commonly called the penny ).
Matron Head large cent, 1816–1839 (Copper except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1816 (P) 2,820,982 1817 (P) 3,948,400 (P) 5 Proof 1818
A 1794 Liberty Cap large cent, as well as a portion of its lettered edge. The Liberty Cap large cent was a type of large cent struck by the United States Mint from 1793 until 1796, when it was replaced by the Draped Bust large cent. The coin features an image of the goddess of Liberty and her accompanying Phrygian cap.
U.S. Route 10 or U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway located in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the U.S. Despite the "0" as the last digit in the number, US 10 is no longer a cross-country highway, and it never was a full coast-to-coast route.
Large Cents: Photo Flowing Hair silver centered cent, 1792 Flowing Hair Chain Cents, 1793 Flowing Hair Strawberry Wreath Cents, 1793 Flowing Hair Wreath Cents, 1793 Liberty Cap cents, 1793-1796 Draped Bust, 1796-1807 Classic Head, 1808-1814 Coronet, 1816-1839 Coronet (braided hair), 1840-1857
In 1983, he released Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857. In 1998, Bruce A. Vogel edited and released Walter Breen's Numismta: The United States Cent 1816-1857. In 2000, Mark Borckardt edited an 800-plus page reference work of Breen's large cent research, Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early US Cents 1793-1814 ...
1793: Mint marks: None, all large cents were minted at the Philadelphia Mint: Obverse; Design: ... United States one-cent coin (1793) Succeeded by. Liberty Cap cent
The chain cent was America's first large cent and the first circulating coin officially produced by the United States Mint. [1] It was struck only during 1793. [2] [3]It was not the first circulating coin produced by the United States, which was the Fugio cent of 1787 (also known as the Franklin cent), based on the Continental dollar.