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1791 Baker 15 Washington Large Eagle Cent
Obverse: WASHINGTON PRESIDENT 1791
Reverse: ONE CENT [the eagle holds a scroll in his beak with the incluse
motto:] UNUM E PLURIBUS
Lettered edge: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . X .
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Weight: 184.8 g (11.97 grams) Diameter: 30.0 mm Reverse die alignment: 180°
Comments: Listed by Fuld as WA.1791.1 and by Dalton and Hamer as, Middlesex, Political and Social Series, no. 1049. On the obverse there is a small die break, as a dot, to the left of the foot of the A. Also two styles of letter punches were used as some letters have a "notched" bottom serif; both straight and notched varieties are used for the letters I, N and T. In the date the initial numeral 1 was recut so that the top appears doubled. On the reverse note the Large American eagle with dropped wings holding a scroll in its beak that gives the national motto in its less familiar form. The shield has thirteen stripes (seven stripes are incluse). In the lettering the punch for the E is missing most of the top serif.
Provenance: Acquired through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic
Endowment from the EANA auction of January 13, 1996, lot 653.
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1791 Baker 16 Washington Small Eagle Cent
Obverse: WASHINGTON PRESIDENT .
Reverse: ONE CENT 1791
Lettered edge: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . X .
Click here for samples of the edge lettering sample 1 ; sample 2 ; sample 3 ; sample 4 and sample 5.
Weight: 190.7 g (12.35 grams) Diameter: 30.1 mm Reverse die alignment: 170°
Comments: Listed by Fuld as WA.1791.2 and by Dalton and Hamer as, Middlesex, Political and Social Series, no. 1050. Note that in the letter E there is a serif on the bottom stroke but not on the top stroke. On the obverse the top stroke of the second E in PRESIDENT is weak due to a defective punch, this same defect is also found on the reverse on the E in CENT; however this does not appear to be the same punch used on the reverse of Baker 15. A similar but less noticable problem occurs at the bottom left of the letter C in CENT. Note this eagle is smaller than in Baker 15 and the wings are raised. Also the scroll has been replaced with a field of stars and clouds.
Provenance: Acquired through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA auction of November 16, 1996, lot 100.
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