!795 Cohen 3 Half Cent Rarity 5+ 40 estimated to exist
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Here is a 1795 Cohen-3, I recently acquired in my effort to complete my 1795 variety and sub-variety set 
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Specialists rule! I don't see what you see when looking at that coin and I can appreciate that.
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What do you mean #Boosibri, that lady is beautiful. Lol.
Nice!
I was amazed that I was able to find one of the 40 estimated of this variety with even this much detail on a poor man's budget
congratz. the position of that 1 over the 0 really makes this easier to pin down than what i first thought.
how many left to go on the set?
Story of where you found it?
I have 8 of the 10 that I am shooting for. Mostly all are in lower grades. I call it my rare coin collection , on a poor man's budget. There are 2 others that only one of each is known to exist, so I will probably never see those, let alone be able to acquire. One is a C1 without edge lettering and one is a C6b thick planchet with edge lettering. If you look at the "my discussion link" you can see some of the ones I have [including a C1 lettered edge on a thin 86.4 grain planchet] [sometimes called a C1b Rarity 7+] and I will post pics of a few others in the next couple of days. This one I saw on a dealer's web site.
Reverse B was only used on the Cohen 3 along with Obverse 2 , so it made it easy to identify. Reverse B has the bottom of the leaf pair pointing to the first upright in the N of UNITED. Also as mentioned above by LanceNewmanOCC, the 1 in the fraction is markedly to the right of center between the ribbons. And the 2 single leaves under the E in STATES angle slightly upwards, like the reverse A, but unlike the A reverse, the single leaf under the O in OF is in a slightly more counterclockwise position. On obverse, 2, here, the word LIBERTY is rotated slightly clockwise more than on obverse 1 and there is a die chip dot at the top left tip of the R. There is also a comma like die chip between the 1 and the 7 , but not so obvious on this example. Put the two together and you have a Cohen 3.
Did they sell it as a Cohen 3, or no designation?
While I have no idea of the technical issues discussed on this coin, I would be happy with any coin from 1795...Cheers, RickO
for your viewing pleasure.
thanks for posting the image but it's hard to find any pleasure in seeing it.
No designation. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. These rare survivors are my passion!
It is probably a good thing that not everyone would find these low grade, rare varieties, appealing, or, there would be more competition for them and the price would become prohibitive. Jon
Sure is! I just mean that I love how specialists see a whole different depth on coins like this than the casual observer like me. It is what makes this hobby great!
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