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1804 Half Dollar

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I own a copy of Yeoman's 1956 Blue Book. It gives a listing for the 1804 half dollar like this:

1804 (1 known) Discovered by a dealer in 1933.

But modern coin guides do not list this date at all. Anyone have any insight into this phantom coin?
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 Posted 10/23/2011  11:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jessvc1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think there was a coinage magazine or coin values issue on the phantom coins in 2007. I cant remember exactly what coins where in it, but ill have to look this up.
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 Posted 10/23/2011  11:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jessvc1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My books that include half dollars dont list this year either."major variety and oddities guide to US coins 7th edition(1977)" and "early half dollar varieties(1970)"
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Maybe it turned out to be a fake.
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I'm familiar with it. There were no 1804 half dollars struck but two 1804 dated obverse dies were made but not hardened. These were overdated in 1805 and put into use. The second die shows almost the entire 4 clearly below the 5. The 1804 half dollar was a piece that turned out to have been tooled to remove all traces of the 5 and just leave the 4. I believe it is discussed in Don Taxay's Counterfiet, Mis-struck, and Unofficial US coins.
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Thanks, Conder. Sounds like a great coin book to look at!
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