Definition

• Small Date.  A minor variety of a coin, caused from smaller than normal number punches used when dies are made. A dozen years of U.S. large cents come with both small date and large date varieties.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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