1806 HALF CENT - COHEN 2
PCGS Nos: 1096, 1097
Rarity: Very Scarce
Variety Equivalents: Breen 1,
Gilbert 2
Notes:
This was the only use of the
obverse die.
The reverse die for this
variety was also used on:
1806 Cohen 3
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
"AU-50". Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot
239, sold for
$8,625.00 Ex Lester Bernstein-Stack's 4/30/86:37-Dr. Wallace Lee.
NGC EF-45 Brown. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
94, "Small 6, Stems, C-2, B-1, Rarity-4", illustrated, sold for
$2,185.00
PCGS VF-20. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
95, "Small 6, Stems, C-2, B-1, Rarity-4", illustrated, sold for
$747.50VG-8 (illustrated
above). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 78, where it was described as follows: "1806 C-2 R4
VG8 Small 6 with Stems Nice glossy medium steel brown with chocolate brown
toning in the protected areas. The planchet is smooth except for two small
spots of minor roughness at AM, and there are no notable contact marks.
MDS, Manley state 2.0. A decent example for the grade, especially for a
variety that usually comes with serious planchet problems."
VG-8 (illustrated
above). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June 5-7, 2000, Lot
78, where it was described as follows: "1806 C-2 R4 VG8 Small 6 with Stems
Nice glossy medium steel brown with chocolate brown toning in the
protected areas. The planchet is smooth except for two small spots of
minor roughness at AM, and there are no notable contact marks. MDS, Manley
state 2.0. A decent example for the grade, especially for a variety that
usually comes with serious planchet problems."
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, Ph.D.
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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