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Notes:
The finest Proof "Rev. 1840" Red-Brown 1836 Half Cent graded by PCGS is
a single PR-66RB.
The finest Proof "Rev. 1840" Red-Brown
1836 Half Cent graded by PCGS is
a single PR-66RB.
Known
examples:
NGC Proof-65 Brown. Stack's
"George H. Hall 5/1945:139 - Joseph Brobston Collection (Stack's Fixed
Price List No. 69, 1/1963), $1,650.00 - Philip M. Showers Collection
(Stack's, privately, 1969) - Willis I. duPont - various intermediary
dealers - private collection - Heritage "ANA" 08/1999:208, unsold.
Breen lists the weight of this example at 78.1 grains
Breen includes the following
four examples:
Byron Reed - Omaha City
Library
Lyman:560 - "Martin Kortjohn",
77.3 grains
Woodin:811 - Malcolm Jackson
- Newcomer - Col. Green - B.G. Johnson - Eric P. Newman, 77.6 grains [the
Newcomer citation may be incorrect, as such a coin does not appear in
Newcomer's inventory - RG]
Stack's "Anderson
Dupont":1128 - Stack's "TAD":855, $4,750 - R. Tettenhorst, 79.5 grains
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 PCGS Population
Report, July 2004" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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