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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 11884 Coin Date: 1858 Denomination (Short): P1c Denomination (Long): Pattern Cent Variety: Copper-Nickel Variety 2: J-208 Desg: MS Composition: Copper-Nickel Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1858 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Indian Head (two styles: pointed bust and rounded bust). Reverse Description: Laurel wreath. General Notes: 1858 Cent. Dies 8-D. Transitional issue, same obverse and reverse as adopted in 1859. Obverse and reverse die varieties exist for J-208, including different date positions on the obverse and different wreath details on the reverse.18 The most notable differences are wreaths with five leaves per cluster and wreaths with six leaves per cluster. These seem to have been struck over a long period of time. PCGS #: 11884 NGC ID: 29BN
