1783 Washington & Independence - Small Bust Plain Edge Cent
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The 1783 Washington & Independence - Small Bust Plain Edge Cent is filed under Military Bust in the Washington Pieces (1783-1800) series. The military bust pieces are dated 1783 and read WASHINGTON & INDEPENDENCE around a laureate bust in uniform; the reverse shows Liberty seated with UNITED STATES and the letters T.W.I. E.S. in the exergue. Baker lists them as No. 4, from two pairs of dies differing in their lettering, one of them found with an engrailed edge, and says the 1783 pieces were made in England. It is catalogued as Baker-4. PCGS lists it as #670.
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Baker-4
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