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Okay, 1809. There are 6 die varieties (Cohen "C" Numbers) for this date. I have three of them and have started a hunt for the other three. !809 "o in 0" C-4 VF-20 BN    1809 "9 over inverted 9" C-5 XF-45 (Alas, for some reason I never got around to imaging this coin.) 1809 C-6 NGC AU-53 BN    |
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1809 with rotated reverse - another one of my ugly ones It looks like there's an overpunch on the base of th 8 or is that just damage. Any ideas on the Cohen number for this one?   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
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Spence, Phil- Thanks for the feedback on that 08!
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USSID18, that is called a normal 8 although it was probable punched into the die by making two punches with the reverse denominator 0 punch. So it's not really very normal. Thank you @phil310 for the explanation to my coin! For today, here is my 1809 Half Cent (9/6; C5):   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Very nice C-4 and C-6 Kanga!
cipster, I believe yours is also a C-6 like the one Kanga showed right above.
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Belated congrats on kanga's C-6.
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cipster, I believe yours is also a C-6 Thanks Phil! Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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This 1809 C-1 is my favorite Classic Head Half Cent. It's not an easy coin to find in this condition.   |
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Quote:This 1809 C-1 is my favorite Classic Head Half Cent. It's not an easy coin to find in this condition. Based on my resources the 1809 C-1 is the rarest of all the Classic Head Half Cent varieties. Rarer than even the two 1811 varieties. I have the 1809 C-1 listed as an R-5+ which puts it in the area of 31-40 known. And not surprisingly it's one I'm looking for. |
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kanga, I never thought I would find the 1809 C-1, but one day I came home from work and checked ebay before supper. This coin had just been listed without any variety # in a buy it now listing. I thought "That looks like a C-1" and almost fell running to get my Manley die state book to compare photos. Sure enough, it was a C-1. I clicked the buy it now and hoped someone hadn't beat me to it while I was paying for it. Then I sweated it getting lost in the mail or the photos not being right on the listing. Everything turned out fine. In a few days I had a C-1! Like one of my friends told me "even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then" Patience and persistence pays off. Keep hunting, there are others out there to be found. |
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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1810   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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1810 - only one die variety which gives you a hint of how many coins could be struck from one die pair at that time. Or dies made from one master? I've never gotten that straight in my head. Red Book says 215,000 Half Cents in 1810.    1811 - a look at the Red Book shows that the fewest Classic Head coins struck by date was in 1811. But when you take into account die varieties the 1809 C-1 is a bit scarcer. Two varieties struck in 1811: wide date (C-1, 400 struck) and close date (C-2, 375 struck). And there are a few obvious die state varieties of the C-1. 1811 - C-1 / Die State 5.0 (4 Star Cud)    1811 - C-2   
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