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Coin Collecting NewsAmerican Classic Rarities not as rare as collectors think
By Jeff Starck for Coin World
Collectors interested in United States copper large cents, issued from 1793 through 1857, have numerous ways to collect coins representing each of the six types that constitute the production.
Some coin rarities aren’t as rare as many collectors may have been led to believe.
An 1804 silver dollar is but one coin that collectors of most means should be able to afford.
Skeptics may arise, but bear with us. Collectors desiring a real, historical 1804 silver dollar struck in the Americas, and not one of the myriad copies, can find them at relatively affordable rates.
The same can be said for the elusive 1943 copper cent struck by the U.S. Mint.
Much like a politician’s linguistic two-step, our wording is the key to this particular riddle: if you look slightly south, to Mexico, you can collect a silver dollar, of absolute North American origin, struck in 1804.
As for 1943 copper cents struck by the U.S. Mint, among the many world coins struck at the U.S. Mint in 1943 are cent (or centavo) coins, from five different countries ranging from Cuba to Surinam (Netherlands Guiana).
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