1795 HALF CENT - COHEN 6
Rarity: see
subvarietiesVariety Equivalents:
Breen 1515
Breen 1516
Breen 1517
Notes:
On this obverse, the 1 of the date was made using an "I"
punch.
The obverse die of this
variety was also used on:
1795 Cohen
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This was the only use of
the reverse die.
This variety is known
struck over a number of different host coins, all of which were cut down
to the proper diameter. The following undertypes have been
identified:
1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cents
1794 Talbot, Allum & Lee Cents
U.S. Large Cents
1795 Sheldon 76b
1795 Sheldon 78
1796 Liberty Cap (?)
U.S. Half Dollars
1794
Overton 101
1794 Overton 104
1794 Overton 105
Attribution tips:
This is the only 1795 reverse on which a leaf tip ends just below the
center of the I of AMERICA.
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Images courtesy of Gene
Braig
Subvarieties (2):
Cohen 6a - Thin Planchet
(approximately 84 grains)
Cohen 6b - Thick Planchet (struck over cut-down Large Cents)
Recent appearances:
VF-25. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2342,
"B-6, Plain edge, no pole" sold for $1,150.00
Fine-15. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2343,
"B-6, plain edge, no pole" Not sold
Fine-15. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 11, not illustrated, sold for $460.00
VG-8. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2344,
"B-6, plain edge, no pole" sold for $316.25
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
"Half cent variety
discovered", NUMISMATIC NEWS, September 2, 2003, pages 1 and
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Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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