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HALF CENTS
Li be r t y Cap Ha l f Cen t s
46 1793 C-1 or C-2 R3 Half Cents Liberty Cap facing left
Basal State-1 . A heavily worn piece that is moderately cor-
roded. No verdigris or contact marks, and the toning is a decent
medium chocolate brown blending to olive brown in protected
areas. The reverse is slick but there are enough details remain-
ing on the obverse to say this is definitely a 1793 half cent. The
Liberty Cap facing left is easy to see and faint pieces of the date
and LIBERTY can be made out with some effort. A hole filler for
this tough date.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $200-UP
47 Group of 11 Early Coppers. Includes 3 half cents (one each
1794, 1808, & 1826), and 8 large cents (two dated 1794, two
dated 1798, and one each 1803, 1805, 1810, & 1814). Grades
are Fair to VG, average grade AG. Many are sharper with
defects but all have a readable date. Lot of 11 coins.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $250-UP
Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection.
Dr aped Bus t Ha l f Cen t s
48 1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VG7. Perhaps a point sharper but
there are some light contact marks scattered over both sides
and a rim bruise over the C in AMERICA. No corrosion or verdi-
gris. Slightly glossy medium steel brown with darker steel
brown toning on the highpoints and lighter brown in protected
areas. E-MDS, Manley state 3.0, with fine die cracks on the
reverse but no cud breaks. The date and legends are complete
and clear, and the Spiked Chin feature is weak but visible.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
Discovered unattributed on eBay 9/9/2015.
49 Pair of Half Cents, 1804 & 1832. Includes 1804 C-8 R1
Spiked Chin E-MDS Manley state 2.0 AU50 sharpness net VF30
for whizzing and retoning, and 1832 C-1 R2 MDS VF35. Lot of 2
coins.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $150-UP
DOUBLE STRUCK 1804 C-13
50 1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems PCGS graded XF45.
Glossy olive brown and chocolate mixed with lighter frosty
brown on both sides. No roughness or verdigris, only small con-
tact marks, none notable. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Weakly struck
at UNITED, which is characteristic of the early state, and the
dentils are sharp. This piece was struck twice with an offset of
less than a millimeter between the impressions. Nonetheless,
the doubling is obvious on all the design elements on both
sides, strongest along the profile of Ms Liberty. The "Mint Error"
and "Double Struck in Collar" features are noted on the PCGS
label. Our grade is VF35.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
DOUBLE STRUCK, REVERSE BROCKAGE M AKER
51 1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG7. Glossy medium
steel brown and chocolate blending to darker chocolate brown
in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and attractive for
the grade, a nick near the rim behind the head being the best
identifying mark. This piece was struck twice. One strike was
centered on the planchet but the piece failed to eject before
being struck a second time. The second strike was rotated 30
degrees CW and slightly off center to K-5. The second strike
was against the obverse die on that side leaving obvious
"naked-eye" evidence of the rotated strike on the portrait. The
reverse was struck against a new blank planchet on the second
impression thereby creating an incuse brockage of the reverse
on that planchet and causing characteristic swelling or uneven-
ness on this piece. A neat "double error."
Estimated Value .......................................................$200-UP
Discovered on eBay 4/1/2015.
52 Group of 13 Mixed Early Coppers. Includes an 1807 half
cent Fair-2, 5 large cents grading AG to VF, an 1840 Hard Times
Token for General William H. Harrison (Rulau HT-815 Rarity-4
VF25), an 1837 Feuchtwanger Cent (Low-120 R2 F12), and 5
miscellaneous tokens. Inspection is recommended. Lot of 13
pieces.
Estimated Value .......................................................$200-UP
Cl as s i c Head Ha l f Cen t s
53 1832 C-3 R2 AU55. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate
with puffs of olive brown on the obverse. Peeps of faded mint
color show in protected areas on the reverse. No defects, just a
hint of friction on the highest points of the devices. Sharply
struck MDS with the usual die rust on the reverse.
Estimated Value .......................................................$250-UP
Ex Hans M. F. Schulman 3/19/1968:359-R. J. Rudolph Collection
(lot envelope included).
54 1857 C-1 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC
APPROVED. Frosty light olive brown and chocolate with 20%
of the mint color remaining on each side. The only marks, and
they are trivial, are a few tiny ticks in the field off the end of the
chin and a microscopic speck of darker toning nestled between
the lower point of star 10 and the dentils. Nicely struck with
radial lines in all the stars. A very attractive example of this final
year of half cent production. Our grade is MS63+. The attri-
bution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none
finer at PCGS for the variety.
Estimated Value .......................................................$600-UP