Rob Rodriguez writes:

On June 20, 2019, the research team of Robert Rodriguez, Tony Lopez, Stuart Levine, and Maureen Levine published a fifty page presentation on theNewman Numismatic Portal at, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/538104 , that concluded theMorris 1792 Silver Center Cent is a genuine 1792 Judd-2 pattern cent; however, the plug is a fabrication that was drilled, inserted, and tooled AFTERthe coin was produced and emitted by the United States Mint at Philadelphia.

Our research findings affirm the conclusion by Pete Smith, Joel J. Orosz and Leonard Augsburger, as published in the 2017 volume, "1792: Birth ofa Nation's Coinage," and the conclusions of S. H. & H. Chapman in their April 1905 Catalog of the Charles Morris Collection of Coins and Medals.This presentation expands upon our findings in "1792 Silver and Non-Silver Center Cents: A Study," as published in The Newman NumismaticPortal, November 15, 2017, and in The E-Sylum, November 19, 2017.

Our new exhibits show that the Morris fabricated Silver Center Cent is an outlier from all Judd-1 examples, as well as the Judd-1a. Additionally,we provide comparisons which demonstrate the Morris specimen's silver plug design does not match the die characteristics of all known original struckexamples. We also explain why we believe the Morris could not be a prototype for the Judd-1. Finally, we have gained new insights into the process ofhow the Morris coin was fraudulently transformed from a genuine Judd-2. We show the process by which six 1863 Indian Head Cents are transformed intosilver center cents.

In light of our research and that of "1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage," Heritage Auctions delisted the Charles Morris and California specimensfrom their census of genuine silver center cents for the 2019 FUN auction catalog description of the Alan Weinberg specimen, Lot 4308. It states,"...recent research indicates their silver plugs are not original." The team believes our presentation provides new insights and understandings aboutthe 1792 Silver Center Cent.

On June 27, I was interviewed by CoinWeek's Charles Morgan about our findings and this podcast will be appearing on its website.

To read the complete article on NNP, see:
1792 Silver And Non-Silver Center Cents: A Study(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/538104)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
1792 SILVER AND NON-SILVER CENTER CENTS STUDY(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n48a18.html)