Coronet Head Large Cents
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1832 CORONET HEAD LARGE COPPER CENT NICE FINE CONDITION
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Coronet Head: design type of a head of Liberty with a crown-like ornament. Used on U.S. copper coins from 1816-1857 and U.S. gold coins from 1838-1907.
Coronet Head - Alternate name for Braided Hair design by Christian Gobrecht. This is sometimes also called the Liberty Head or Coronet design.
The Coronet Head Double Eagle
Coinage of the new Coronet Head or Liberty Head double eagle commenced in 1850. From the outset the denomination was a great success.
In 1907, the Coronet Head design was replaced by the Teddy Roosevelt inspired and Augustus Saint Gaudens created Indian Head motif. It would be minted until the end of U.S. gold coinage in 1933.
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The Liberty or Coronet Head Quarter Eagle 2 1/2 Gold Dollar coin was produced from 1840 to 1907. The design featured a large head of Miss Liberty facing left, wearing a wide coronet inscribed with the word LIBERTY.
1839-57 CENT
CORONET HEAD LIBERTY BRAIDED
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The Classic Head quarter-eagle was replaced by the Coronet Head quarter-eagle. With a production run of only six years, it is our nation's shortest-lived $2.50 gold coin.
There are two basic design types: The Liberty (Coronet Head), made from 1849 to 1907, features a bust of Lady Liberty facing to the left on the dated (obverse) side and on the reverse, an eagle with sun-rays and stars.
1866-78 Double Eagle Coronet Head Liberty Type 2
... check the eagle's wing tips ... production until 1907, when President ... ceased. SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 34 millimeters ... United States Gold Coins ... VI, Double Eagles 1849 ...
Indian Head Gold Half Eagle
$10 Gold Eagle Coronet Head Liberty w/ Motto
$10 Gold Eagle Coronet Head Liberty Without Motto
$10 Gold Eagle Indian Head Liberty
$20 Gold Double Eagle Saint-Gaudens Liberty
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This gold coin was minted and issued by the United States mint between 1907 and 1933 as a coin for circulation, and its design replaced the older 'coronet head' $20 double eagle.
The author's supposition that John Reich rather than Robert Scot was responsible for the engraving of the Liberty head on the obverse of the Coronet Head type may well stir up some interesting debate.
 See also: Coronet, Liberty, Coin, Mint, Revers
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