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PCGS Number: 11015 Coin Date: 1792 Denomination (Short): P1c Denomination (Long): Pattern Cent Variety: Birch Cent, LE, TO BE ESTEEMED BE USEFUL Variety 2: J-5 Desg: MS Composition: Copper Mintage: 2 known Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1792 Mint Location: Philadelphia Designer: William or Robert Birch Edge: Lettered Obverse Description: Liberty, facing right, bright-eyed and almost smiling, BIRCH lettered on neck truncation. Inscription LIBERTY PARENT OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY around, and with the date 1792 just below the bust. On the truncation of the neck appears the word BIRCH, for the engraver of the dies. Today, no one has positively identified which Birch made the dies—perhaps William Birch or Robert Birch. Reverse Description: Wreath enclosing ONE CENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around border. 1/100 below wreath. General Notes: The style of the 1792 silver half disme is related to that of the famous copper Birch cent of the same year signed BIRCH, giving reason to attribute the authorship of the half disme to Birch as well. PCGS #: 11015
