1804 HALF CENT - COHEN 9
Rarity: Common
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-55 Brown. Ex
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach Coin Sale", May 27-29,
2001, Lot 1066, illustrated, "...EAC graded EF45.", sold for $855.00
EF-40 (illustrated
above). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 66, where it was described as follows: "1804 C-9 R2
EF40 Glossy dark steel brown and olive. The only mark is a tiny nick high
on the neck. Sharply struck MDS, Manley state 2.0."
VF-35 (illustrated below).
Coin Galleries, November 9, 1994, Lot 1916 - Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 67, where it was described as follows: "1804 C-9 R2
VF35 Slightly sharper with a faint hairline scratch in the field before
the face and a dull nick at the I in AMERICA. Glossy steel brown with
frosty tan in protected areas and a splash of olive toning at RIC. EDS,
Manley state 1.0."
VF-35. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2372,
"B-8, Crosslet 4, Stems" sold for $161.00
Del Bland graded Fine-12. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection - Part I", February
16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 184, not illustrated, sold for $121.00
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
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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