1/2 Cent USA (1776 - ) Copper

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Denomination:

1/2 Cent

Metal:

Copper

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1840-1857

Catalog reference:

Diakov-)

Braided Hair Half Cents

Early Copper Half Penny (1840-1857)

Designer – Engraver: Christian Gobrecht
Metal Composition: 100% Copper
Diameter: 23 mm
Mass / Weight: 5.44 grams

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-02
1856 in Copper Nickel Judd-177 Breen 1-B R4. PCGS graded Proof 64 Plus. Glossy golden tan and light steel. The only defect is a tiny speck of dark toning left of star 3. The fields are nicely reflective with moderate to deep mirrors on the obverse and moderate mirrors on the reverse. Our grade ...

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1855 C-1 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Red Plus. Slightly faded mint red just starting to mellow from its original brilliance, 95% of the original lustrous red remaining. The only marks, and they are trivial, are some microscopic specks of darker toning at the date and a small toning spot in the denti ...

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1855 C-1 Breen 1-A R6 (as a proof). PCGS graded Proof 64 Red. Slightly mellowed mint red shifting to steel brown on the highpoints. The fields are moderately reflective but they do show faint hairlines mixed in with the die polishing lines on both sides. The best identifying mark is a tiny spo ...

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1851 C-1 R1 F15. Underweight Planchet and Weakly Struck. Slightly sharper in those areas that were reasonably well struck, but this piece was lightly cleaned and there are a few light hairline scratches in the field near star 12. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with lighter brown toning in pr ...

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1851 C-1 R1 MS60. Frosty olive and bluish steel brown with slightly faded red covering 10% of the obverse, 25% of the reverse. Possibly dipped long ago and retoned. No spots or stains, but the reverse fields are covered with microscopic lint marks or planchet chips, as struck. The obverse fiel ...

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1851 C-1 R1. PCGS graded MS-63 Red. Lustrous bright original mint red fading to light steel brown on the highpoints, 85% of the red remaining. There are a few tiny contact marks, including a nick in the field off the bust tip, a pair of tiny ticks right of star 3, a small spot over star 13, an ...

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