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Bear #10
Big tailless grumpy bear
Extremely bright plating
With or without "REPLICA" on reverse
17 varieties listed
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Bear #10, line drawing, 13 star, coin orientation
Possibly the same as Bear #8
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Octagonal 1/2
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1855 Liberty #1, type #10a (big chin, coronet below a star, upper stars widely spaced)
1855 Liberty #2, type #10b, dies of #1 now with "REPLICA" added to the reverse.
1857 Liberty #1, type #10a same obv as 1857 #10b (bear front foot points forward) +
1857 Liberty #2, type #10b die #1b (bear front foot turns up) +
1857 Liberty #3, type #10a die #1a (bear front foot turns up) + ****
1852 Indian #1, type #10a die #1a + *****
1852 Indian #2, type #10b, same dies as above, but "REPLICA" added to reverse
1852 Indian #3, type #10a, same dies as Bear 4 #1 before re-engraving, proving the bear4 is simply a late die state of Bear 10.
Obverse die rusty.
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Round 1/2
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1852 Liberty #1
1852 Liberty #2 same dies as above, now with "REPLICA" added
1852 Liberty #3, this obverse also seen with a Bear 4 reverse. Not the prettiest token,
but its the only one I've seen.
1852 Large Indian #1, type #10a *****
Rev appears to be early DS of Bear #4. Rev #1
The one from set 5 is on a striated planchet, the other is
smooth and proof like. The second picture shows a token struck
in white metal, perhaps silver.
1852 Small Indian #2, type #10a
1852 Large Indian #3, type #10b, same dies as #1, but "REPLICA" added to reverse.
1854 Large Indian #1 type #10a *****
Rev #1. The illustrated piece is unusually well struck.
1854 Small Indian #2, type #10a ****
Rev #1. See also Bear4 Round 1/2 1854 Indian #2.
1854 Small Indian #3, type #10b
Rev #1, same dies as previous, REPLICA added to reverse. See also Bear4 Round 1/2 1854 Indian #2.