Half Cents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1794 Half Cent PCGS VF30 C4 Excellent Color

$2,800.00

Light tannish brown. A most desirable color. Sharply detailed. Certified by the best. These early and desirable type pieces are bringing huge premiums. An excellent value

 

1802/0 Half Cent VG7 CH Color Rare

$950.00

Light chocolate brown. Nice hard surfaces. Not porous. Excellent overdate. Free from significant defects. A very nice example of the ever popular and rare overdate.

 

1803 Half Cent C4 R4 F12

$115.00

Deep chocolate brown. A scarcer variety.

1803 Half Cent C2 R5 VGF

$185.00

A good looking coin with uniform granularity.

 

1804 Half Cent Spiked Chin EF40 C5 LDS

$725.00

Hard chocolate brown surfaces. Advanced state of reverse cracks with die lifting beginning at "ES" of States. Approaching condition census.

 

1804 Half Cent C1 2nd Use EF 45 Very Rare Tied for 3rd Finest

$2,450.00

Steel brown and tan over lustrous surfaces. Hard surfaces free of porosity. Vestiges of faded mint color in date and Liberty. A rare opportunity to acquire a condition census piece. thin light hairline between "t" of United and left branch of wreath.

 

 

 

1804 Half Cent C13 Pl 4 No Stems MS 64

$4,850.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1804 Half Cent C11 Pl 4 Stems Tied for Finest NGC 55

$3,850.00

Only two at this grade level certified at NGC. A very sharp coin with nice eye appeal. Chocolate brown with nice lustrous fields. A rare and truly top notch example of this very challenging variety.

 

 

1805 Half Cent C3 Small 5 Stems VG Details

$350.00

Modest porosity. Late strike with a very substantial bulge on the right obverse. This makes the left central reverse quite weak.

1806 Half Cent Sm 6 Stems C2R4 NGC 55 Finest Certified

$6,500.00

Beautiful hard lustrous surfaces going toward proof like. Golden brown with a hint of olive. The first of the variety I've had the privilege of handling. Tied for the finest of 13 graded. A top notch example of the very scarce Draped Bust variety.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1810 Half Cent Chocolate Brown PCGS 55 A Beauty

$1,250.00

A lovely and problem free coin. 1810's are very challenging above XF. Uniform chocolate brown. Free of porosity. Tin clip at 12:30 o'clock. Broken from it's slab as a long term addition to a raw collection. Label enclosed.

1811 Half Cent C2 AU Details The Close Date

$950.00

Corroded. Well struck and free from marks. Lots of detail for the money.

1811 Half Cent ANACS AU Unlisted Die State

$3,175.00

Extremely sharp strike with very minor roughness mainly on the reverse.  ANACS called it corroded and it is the only adjective that they use, which includes minor roughness to heavy corrosion from burial. Free from marks and struck from clashed dies.A premium 1811 half cent,  you may look ten years and not find one this nice. Also, unlisted die state.  Manley states there is a crack from "F" of "OF", no crack "ATOP" "MER" Manley state 2.5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1825 Half Cent C2 Sharply Struck MS 63

$675.00

A very clear early die state. A gorgeous coin. Light and chocolate brown. Hard reflective surfaces. Excellent cartwheel luster on the reverse giving an irridescent silvery look. A beautiful and popular coin.

1828 Half Cent 12 Stars PCGS MS 64 Super Eye Appeal

$3,500.00

Incredible cartwheel luster. In 35 years of Half Cent collecting, this coin has the finest luster and therefore eye appeal I've seen. 15% original red. The balance of the color is irridescent steel blue brown. A very rare opportunity. Coins like this almost never appear anywhere.

 

1850 Half Cent MS63 Super Cartwheel Luster

$550.00

Excellent eye appeal and strike. Golden brown with substantial red orange color. 1850's are extremely tough! All details show. This date often plagued by grease moving around the dies leaving voids in various areas mainly the reverse. Super eye appeal and excellent value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1850 Half Cent Very Sharp and Mark Free 64

$675.00

Irridescent brown with golden aqua highlights. A simply lovely example of this challenging date which is often plagued by grease voids on the reverse. Not this semi PL example.

 

 

1851 Half Cent NGC 64B Early Die State A Super Coin

 

$525.00

Sharply struck with the "ghost" 1 to the right of the date. Extremely sharp. Irridescent blue over chocolate brown with tinges of red in the recesses. A coin with super eye appeal. Premium quality for the assigned grade!

 

 1855 Half Cent Red UNC 63

 

$615.00

Original red color. Sharply detailed and spotty.

 

 

 

 

 

1857 Half Cent PCGS MS63 Red

$1,400.00

90+ % RED. The Reddest 1857 I've ever owned. A very high end example. Probably a higher grade technically. Possibly netted down due to the only naked eye defects. Carbon spots in the obverse fields. A very impressive 1857. Only 35,000 minted, the lowest of its type.

 

   
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

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