1 Cent, Proof, United States, 1823
date: label: Date made
content: 1823
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
label: designer
content: Scot, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) cent coin, proof
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1823
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a coronet. 13 stars along coin edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1823
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE CENT
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: 1823 over 1822.
label: Description
content: Robert Scot created these designs, which remained in use between 1816 and 1835.
label: Description
content: Cents of this type are likely to have been seen by almost every collector for they are among the most common of early American coins. But this coin is not common. The year 1823 is one of the scarcer dates in the cent series. In addition, this coin is an "overdate." It was created from an earlier die (for 1822 cents) that was softened, redated for the current year, hardened, and put back into service. Overdates are quite common among early American coins, as a fledgling United States Mint tried to cut corners wherever it could.
label: Description
content: Finally, this coin is a "proof." It was struck on a highly polished planchet (a disk of metal cut and prepared for striking as a coin) under far more exacting standards than ordinary coins. It has been estimated that only two other proof 1823/2 cents exist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place of issue
content: United States
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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: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.0192
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.0192
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 2.8 cm; 3/32 in x 1 3/32 in