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Welcome to the 26 Days of Half Cents! How it worksEach day we post pictures of our Half Cents as per the below schedule. Note: some years with lower mintages are posted on the same day as other years. 10 September: 1793 & 1794 11 September: 1795 & 1796 12 September: 1797 13 September: 1800 14 September: 1802 & 1803 15 September: 1804 16 September: 1805 17 September: 1806 18 September: 1807 19 September: 1808 20 September: 1809 21 September: 1810 & 1811 22 September: 1825 & 1826 23 September: 1828 24 September: 1829 25 September: 1831, 1832 & 1833 26 September: 1834 27 September: 1835, 1836, & 1837 Token 28 September: 1840 - 1848 Proofs 29 September: 1849 & 1850 30 September: 1851 1 October: 1852 & 1853 2 October: 1854 3 October: 1855 4 October: 1856 5 October: 1857 Let's begin!! 
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Should be a fun one!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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Starts on my birthday, but I can't post until 3 days later :P
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
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Excellent!  
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Up early and excited to get us started! Here is my 1794 Half Cent (C-9; SEGS VG10, corroded and scratched):  
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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OK, so it's not much too look at, but at least I have one from 1794:  Well, I'm pretty sure its from 1794...
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Graded F-12  
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kanga- Is that die rotated?
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote: Is that die rotated? Yes, but not enough to be of much significance. In those days anything less than 90° is not special. And my coin is less than 45°.
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Looking good! 
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Quote: Yes, but not enough to be of much significance. In those days anything less than 90° is not special. And my coin is less than 45°. Thanks! There have been two or three times over the years that I didn't know I had a rotated die until I inserted the coin and turned the page! 
Edited by USSID18 09/10/2019 4:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Any Liberty Cap Half Cent is a special coin in any condition!! Lovely to look at, aren't they?
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
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Oh my! That's just glorious.
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kanga- 
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Quote: Okay, Day 2. 
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