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1855 Coronet Cent - NumisMaster
Jul 9 at 6:06pm
Designed by Christian Gobrecht, the 1855 Coronet large cent had a mintage of more than 1.5 million. The output would have been even greater if the Mint hadn’t suspended coinage for several months while repairs and improvements were being made to the building.
“The operations of the mint, except the receiving of deposits and melting, assaying, and paying the same, were suspended on the 19th of July last,” the Mint director wrote in March 1856 in his annual report, “at which time the repairs authorized by an appropriation made by the last Congress to the mint building were commenced.
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