1881 One Cent

HBCC#:

6160

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

1665

Pollock#:

1865

As it was deemed appropriate for the minor coinage to have a uniform appearance, much like the silver and gold coinage of this era, the Mint produced a series of patterns for one-cent, three-cent, and five-cent denominations. Each featured a head of Liberty on the obverse, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. The common reverse design included a wreath enclosing the denomination, expressed in Roman numerals. Note that the word CENTS is lacking on this design, as it was for all three denominations.

Provenance:

From RARCOA's April 1975 sale, Lot 388.

Obverse:

Head of Liberty left nearly identical to that used on regular issue five cent nickels 1883-1912, wearing coronet inscribed LIBERTY with legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around and date below bust.

Reverse:

Roman numeral I inside a wreath of cotton and corn.

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