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1864 1C L On Ribbon--Struck on a Copper

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1864 1C L On Ribbon--Struck on a Copper
<B>1864<1C> L On Ribbon--Struck on a Copper-Nickel Planchet, Corroded--ANACS. AU50 Details.</B></I> This well struck medium-brown and rose example has little if any actual wear, but is moderately porous and has distributed tiny freckles of ebony verdigris. The progression of 1864 cents is Copper-Nickel, Bronze No L, Bronze L On Ribbon. A few Copper-Nickel L On Ribbon pieces exist. Richard Snow, in the second edition of his 1859-1869 attribution guide, states three examples are known, two pieces from proof dies, and a single business strike. The present piece, a recent discovery, is also a business strike, and does not match any of the three L On Ribbon proof obverse dies. The Copper-Nickel L On Ribbon pieces are difficult to classify. They are listed as Judd-358, but could also be considered off-metal errors, similar to the famous 1943 bronze cent. However, since they were struck on regular issue dies, in an alloy used for circulation that year, they are technically a regular issue rather than a mint error or pattern. If so, Snow notes, "they would certainly be one of the rarest regular issue coins in all numismatics."