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1856 S1 - the first 1856 FE cent ever made??

LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Purchased this FE cent recently from Rick Snow at EERC. It has a fascinating reverse with the ONE CENT tilted with respect to the wreath. The vertical axis (as defined by centering dots on other issues) passes midway between the corn tassles at the top of the wreath and through the bottom of the crease in the bottom ribbon. On the other 3 master dies, the words are virtually 90 degrees to the vertical - check out the orientation of the words on the S1image No wonder it was rejected! Die states suggest it was the 1st 1856 FE cent made.

Currently there are 4 CN S1's known, this the second finest (PCGS AU58). Wierd, eh?? The correct orientation shown is from the S3 variety.

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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    Wonderfully weird - great coin and story! Thanks for sharing!
  • toothpullertoothpuller Posts: 600 ✭


    That's really twisted. image


    Neat informative post.


  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,245 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That's really twisted. image
    >>

    Puns are great, aren't they image
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Updated the original post with the S3 for comparison.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    That's wild! Your dissecting lines really illustrate how out of wack the denomination is. What was Longacre's assistant smoking that day?
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a unpolished/unfinished die with the words crooked, perhaps punched free hand - a rough draft of the 1856?? I think that is what led Breen to suggest it was the first, prototype 1856.

    The lines really do emphasize the orientation! Even crooked, the centering is correct, the epper left serif of the N in CENT right where it should be.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.

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