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1840 Large Cent

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The way metal flows during the strike requires dies to be slightly "dished," concave with the center deeper than the periphery. This is called basnining, and although I don't know to what degree Large Cent dies were ground, you can see the effect of the periphery of the die being too low for a full strike on this coin. The die has essentially been "pounded flat" by thousands of strikes.


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