1806 Halfs
mrbrklyn
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These pop up from time to time at affordable prices
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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Good for wolfs on roofs.
Smitten with DBLCs.
Filling out my type set I landed on an '06, lovely thing w/ a nice dark border and lighter interior.
is the dark boarder evidence of being dipped?
They’re great. No denomination on the coin gives them some mystique.
Here’s my Knob 6, Sm stars VF 30 (CAC) example.
Ah, but there is. Look at the edge.
“Half’s”
There are haves and have-nots, as well as halves, but no “half’s”.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I overpaid for this one many years ago in a Grand Central Show (New York City) auction which was held by David Akers. It was one of the first major auctions I attended. He graded it AU-50. Today it's graded AU-58. The grading was done over 25 years ago.
1806 O-106 currently graded P50 (was graded N55 in it's past life before I found her)
1806 O-119 currently graded P55
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Affordability is very relative.
The third "side" of the coin...
Early Silver Dollars (1794–1804): Frequently featured the inscription "HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT" on the edge.
Early Half Dollars (1794–1836): Featured the edge lettering "FIFTY CENTS OR A HALF DOLLAR".
Well, it wasn't necessary to take a mortgage out for it... so there is that.
As long as an early half has some interesting features, I'm happy with more affordable lower-grades. Like this:
In-hand I'm pretty sure it's an O-116 (R.3).
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R.3 is good
I recently cherrypicked an 1806/5 !
Official PCGS account of:
www.TallahasseeCoinClub.com
Here is my example from my type set.
Not the best pics, but here's mine
Mr_Spud
Who knew at the time that 1806 would be such an important year
I'm glad i got mine too
One of my favorites
My 1806, does anybody know why PCGS doesn’t break out this type anymore? Knob 6 large stars. When they changed their numbering from 6074 it disappeared.
Thanks,
Mike
MIKE B.