1 Cent, Pattern, United States, 1792
date: label: date made
content: 1792
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
notes: label: Description
content: United States Mint, Philadelphia. Obverse: Head of Liberty facing right, unbound hair; date below. Reverse: Value within wreath, fraction (1/100) below. The silver center cent pattern was an attempt to create a cent worth its stated denomination, while doing away with a large, heavy copper coin. The silver plug was inserted to raise the intrinsic value.
label: Description
content: Henry Voigt cut the dies. About a dozen of these coins are known to have been produced. The experiment was abandoned, probably due to the difficulty of manufacture. [reference no. Judd 1]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: city
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: province
content: United States: Pennsylvania
label: country
content: United States
label: political area
content: United States
title: label: Title
content: United States, Copper Cent, Pattern, 1792
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. Meyer Morse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.81.55.1
label: catalog number
content: 81.55.1
label: accession number
content: 1981.1022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze / silver center (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 mm x 22.7 mm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in