See us at the New Hampshire Coin & Currency Expo, Table #802, March 29-30

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To the best of our knowledge, this piece is unique and has never before been offered publicly.

Here we have a 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent struck from regular dies on a gargantuan ‘pie plate’ planchet 31.1 mm in diameter and weighing 13.3 grams (as compared to a ‘regular’ 1798 Large Cent which is supposed to be 29mm in diameter and weigh just 10.9 grams).

Further, a regular issue cent of this year has a plain edge, while this piece bears the lettering ENGLISH UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY, indicating to us that this coin was struck, intentionally or in error, on a planchet intended for an unknown English Token.

Our first photo shows the obverse and the edge lettering in one artistic combined shot, while the third photo shows 5 individual, rotated images of the edge combined into one shot.

A unique (literally!) opportunity for the Large Cent specialist, and certainly one of the most interesting pieces we have ever offered.

$17,500

To order or inquire about this item, call us at 1-800-Coins-99 or email us at John@CoinRaritiesOnline.com or complete the form at the bottom of this page.

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