The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 17, April 27, 2003, Article 4

1864 L INDIAN CENT QUERY

  Dave Bowers at qdbarchive@metrocast.net writes:
  "Does anyone known when first there was numismatic
  recognition in print of the 1864 bronze Indian cent with L
  (for Longacre) on the ribbon? An early price list? An
  early auction appearance?

  Peripherally related to this are restrikes of the 1864 L
  Proof cent which, per Rick Snow, were made at a later
  date, say the early 1870s, and novodels of the 1863 L
  cent made in the late 1860s (determined by matching the
  reverse die characteristics with regular Indian cent Proofs).
  The question is this: Did the restrikers realize they were
  making '1863 L' and '1864 L' cents at the time, or was
  it the luck of the draw that, for the 1863 L cent, a with-L
  master die was used (such master dies having been first
  created in summer 1864)?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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