Half cent struck over token.

topstuf

Dunno if I've posted this before. 1795 Half Cent over Talbot, Allum & Lee.

I didn't get it for that feature. I had it for a while and then started looking at the "funny" stuff near the rim.

Anyone got a higher grade one to post?
Or any coin with something "different" you can see?

ProfLiz

Here's mine, an XF45. You can see the ship rigging protruding from the point of the bust at 5:00, and the RK of New York near the rim at 3:00. I like the extra bit of history the undertype brings!

carabonnair

I remember this from last year. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11736097
Excellent find.

I really like the one that @Pistareen discovered:

One of the discussions here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/540395/can-we-get-more-background-on-anr-s-discovery-of-the-1795-half-cent-overstrike-on-judd-17-on-july-27

fastfreddie

What's the story with these? Available planchets?

Pretty cool.

Thank you for the links!! Fascinating.

Colonialcoin

@Pistareen is amazing! Great find!

thebeav

That's wild.....How did anyone ever figure that out ?

ricko

This is a neat find... I believe these were discussed here before ... a few years ago. Cheers, RickO

Treashunt

@carabonnair said:
I remember this from last year. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11736097
Excellent find.

I really like the one that @Pistareen discovered:

One of the discussions here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/540395/can-we-get-more-background-on-anr-s-discovery-of-the-1795-half-cent-overstrike-on-judd-17-on-july-27

Funny : "An Important Rarity, Struck on a copper 1794 o-106'!

Possibly a 'shaved down' copper $1/2 from 1794?

BillJones

@fastfreddie said:
What's the story with these? Available planchets?

Pretty cool.

Thank you for the links!! Fascinating.

These half cents were made at a time when the U.S. Mint personnel were scrounging for copper from where ever they could get it. The half cents were treated as step children, and the copper for them came from many sources. The sources included old tools (tongs, barrel stays, anything with copper it often with impurities), cut down large cent planchets that were too poor to issue as large cents (undertype sometimes shows, the entire 1802 half cent mintage was made from cut down large cents although they almost never show undertype) and other tokens, like TAL “cents.”

I have one that shows quite a bit of undertype, but I’m on an iPad at the moment and can’t post the picture. I’ll post it up later.

Hemispherical

@BillJones Interesting bit of coinage history thank you for the education.

BillJones

Here is my 1795 half cent that was struck over TAL cent. The third picture is shown upsidedown to emphasize the undertype.