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 RARE FANTASY 1855 CENT

LOT 493 1855 One Cent Token F12. Glossy light brown with some darker olive brown in protected areas. Smooth with trivial marks. Apparently a contemporary copy that circulated alongside “normal” large cents. Only a few are known and all seen have the cud break at BUT. Weight 141.5 grains, about 25 grains lower than the 168-grain standard at that time. Struck with the reverse rotated 20 degrees clockwise relative to the head-to-head die orientation used for the regular large cents. A very curious piece, similar to the famous Small Date 1848 fantasy cent mentioned in the Newcomb reference on the series. The last one we have seen offered was the 2002 EAC Sale, lot 631-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/19/2010:632 example that brought $253. The example offered here is marginally finer than the Holmes piece.  STRUCK ON FIBROID PLANCHET

LOT 494 1855 “Cent” struck on Fibroid Planchet G4. Looks like transfer dies from a normal 1855 large cent were used to impress this “cent” on a fibroid planchet (similar to the planchets used to produce OPA tokens during WWII). The details are not sharp. Can’t imagine these could have passed as cents. Weight 21.3 grains.

LOT 495 1856 N-1 R1 Italic, 5 ANACS graded EF40. Frosty medium brown and darker steel brown. Smooth with trivial marks including a small rim nick at IC in AMERICA. M-LDS, die state b, with flowlines but no cud breaks. Our grade is VF35 . The attribution is noted on the ANACS label. 7301856

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