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Large cent experts - anyone recognize the host coin this 1804 1c electro was made from?
Lakesammman
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Bought some electros from JK several years ago, some of which were made from coins with famous provenances.
Anyone recognize the host coin for this electrotype??
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Love this post! I will be watching to see if anyone can respond with the answer.
There was one listed on eBay and ended after a discussion between the seller and me. This example like the eBay one appears to be a later one from the mold as it has a break at the "0" of the date. Mine is earlier and matches this one except that feature.
Images from my Coin Week article on this subject (my example on the right):
It doesn’t match any of the ‘04’s from the Holmes, Rasmussen, or Frankenfield sales.
A quick check of auction records in CoinFacts didn’t show it either, but I didn’t check every record.
It’s a nice late die state example, but most of the bigger provenance coins would likely have been in higher grade.
Coin came in this envelope.