1806 HALF CENT - COHEN 1
PCGS Nos: 1093, 1094,
1095
Rarity: Very Common
Variety Equivalents: Cohen 1, Breen
Notes: Small 6, No Stems on Wreath
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-64 Brown. Ex -
Heritage Numismatic Auction's "Central States Signature Sale",
April 5-6, 2001, Lot 5630, "B-3, Small 6, No Stems"
MS-63. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 38,
"Breen-3, Small 6, Stemless" at $603.75
AU-58 (illustrated
above). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 81, where it was described as follows: "1806 C-1 R1
AU58 Small 6 without Stems Glossy chocolate brown with lots of frosty
golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas. Just a touch of
very light friction on the highest points away from mint state. The only
mark is a faint, short hairline scratch in the field behind the head. EDS
with a perfect reverse orientation (head-to-foot)."
PCGS AU-58. Ex -
Heritage 1995 ANA Auction, Lot 5565, sold for $600.00 - Jim McGuigan - Dr. Wallace Lee
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 234, sold for $2,990.00 - New Jersey
collector
PCGS AU-58. Ex -
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson
Collection - Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 193, "Del
Bland graded VF-35, Small 6, stemless", illustrated, sold for $414.00
AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2379,
"B-3, small6, stemless" sold for $575.00
Del Bland graded AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection - Part I", February
16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 194, "Small 6, stemless", illustrated, sold
for $690.00
Del Bland Fine-15. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin &
Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May
28-30, 2001, Lot 109, "B-3" illustrated, sold for $126.00
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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