1/2 Cent USA (1776 - ) Copper

1/2 Cent
Metal:
Issue year(s):
1800-1808

Catalog reference:

Draped Bust Half Cents

Early Copper Half Penny (1800-1808)

Designer – Engraver: Robert Scot
Metal Composition: 100% Copper
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Mass / Weight: 5.44 grams

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1803 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Struck with Small Offset. Rather glossy dark chocolate brown with slightly lighter chocolate and steel toning on the devices. The surfaces are decent but there is extremely faint roughness under the attractive patina. The only marks are a few faint hairline scratches on ...

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1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 Cast Copy VF35. Glossy light reddish chocolate brown. A well-executed cast copy of the famous Brobston-Miles coin (which is the plate coin for the variety in the Breen encyclopedia). The surfaces are glossy but slightly granular at the same time ...

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1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 VF20 but Holed. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown on a smooth, corrosion-free planchet. Unfortunately someone thought it was advisable to drill a large hole through ER in LIBERTY. The only additional contact ...

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1800 C-1 R2 VG10. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with darker steel toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and free of defects except for an arc of shallow verdigris at D-STAT. Rare E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die clashmarks at LIB and UNITE are clear. Weight 86.4 grains. Davy #00 ...

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1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems F12. Flipover Off Center Double Strike. Sharpness near EF40 but harshly cleaned and covered with microscopic porosity. There is a small patch of slightly deeper corrosion at the dentils left of the hair ribbon and another at the leaves under the second A in AMER ...

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1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with very fine roughness. There is a pitmark right of the date and an area of more obvious roughness in the field above the bust tip. Recolored glossy light olive and bluish steel blending to dark chocolate and olive on the ...

Sold for: $3000.0
1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

Sold for: $8750.0
1919-S. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A very popular key date. Light hint of gold tone on the obverse. A well struck near-Gem that has deep silvery mint frost from center to periphery. A few ...

Sold for: $8500.0
1876. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blast white Gem Cameo Proof. Only 1,260 struck. The Twenty-cent piece, sometimes called a "double dime," had a brief appearance in the fourth quarter of the 19t ...
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