1794 HALF CENT - COHEN 7
Rarity: Rare
Variety Equivalents: Breen 7,
Gilbert 2
Notes:
The obverse die of this variety was also used later on:
1794 Cohen
8
1794
Cohen 9
This reverse die of this
variety was also used earlier on:
1794 Cohen
6 |
Images courtesy of Gene
Braig
Significant examples:
"VF-20". Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 87, sold for $9,200.00 Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co.,
#405 (Wayte Raymond and James G. Macallister) 10/6/39:663- Joseph
Brobston, Stack's FPL #69, 1963-Dr. Stanley Q. West- Thomas Katman-Roger
S. Cohen, Jr.-Jim McGuigan-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:1868-Dr.
Wallace Lee.
"F-15". Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 86, sold for $5,750.00 Ex House of Stuart 8/80-John
Sype 2/26/84-present consignor.
Recent appearances:
(illustrated above). Ex -
Jack Borckardt of Fort Findlay Coins, May 1976 - Gene Braig
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"American Half Cents - The 'Little Half Sisters' (Second
Edition)" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The Half Cent Die
State Book, 1793-1857" by Ronald P. Manley
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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