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Pillar of the Community
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Yep, the 1811 Half Cents are notorious for being on porous planchets. This one and another that I have were selected for being on quality planchets. The US wasn't making their own planchets yet; they were all coming from England. The ones destined for the 1811 coins were largely a bad batch. BTW the lines you see on the obverse of my image are on the slab, not the coin. Generally before I take pictures I polish the slabs but I think I got excited by this coin and wanted to get images right away. I've got a LOT of coins that need to be re-imaged. Easily said but a pain to do. |
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Very nice!  |
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Wow, what a coin. These (including the even-rarer two-star break) are among the most striking varieties in the entire Half Cent series, and are definite "mortgage the house" coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's just freakin amazing!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats what I call a cool coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sweet! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2759 Posts |
beautiful! who slabbed it?
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Pillar of the Community
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beautiful! who slabbed it? PCGS |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I don't believe I have ever seen a crack pattern that would lead to this shape for a Cud. Very cool! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Don't forget that it was 1811 and:
-- the planchets were foreign-made (England) so quality control didn't exist.
-- dies were made with steel that was less durable.
-- dies were generally used until they totally failed (expensive to make in those days).
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Pillar of the Community
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$? |
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$? I paid $5500 3-5 years ago. I'll have to look some more but at the moment I can't find any catalog value for it. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I think you did very well at that price!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a coin! The stars connected by the Cud in that way make it look like fireworks. Thanks for making me drool!  I love it! Ben ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Very nice, I love those manufacturing artifacts.
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