Half Cent collectors-- what do you think of the literature list in the recent Penny Wise? Anything

Longacre

I was reading the latest edition of Penny Wise. In it, Ray Rouse listed the essential Half Cent Literature as he sees it. I will reproduce the list below. What do you think of the list and are there any items that you would add? Here is the list:

1a. Half Cent Die States, Manley
1. Enclyclopedia of Half Cents, by Breen
2. American Half Cents, The Little Half Sisters, by Roger Cohen
3. US Half Cents, by Ebenezer Gilbert
4. Jules Reiver Collection, Volume 1 (Heritage)
5. Pre Long Beach Elite Auction Catalog, Superior February 20-22, 1995
6. The Dr. Wallace Lee & C. Douglas Smith Collections, Superior, May 25, 2003
7. Americana Colonial and Federal Coins, Medals, and Currency; Stack's, January 21-23, 2003
8. The Pre Long Beach Sale, Superior, June 3-4, 2002
9. The JR Frankenfield Collection, Superior, February 17, 2001
10. The Gene Reale Collection, Stack's, January 15, 1998
11. The Roger S. Cohen Collection of Half Cents, Superior, February 2, 1992
12. The Jack H Robinson Collection of Half Cents, Superior, January 29-30, 1989
13. The 1/200 Surveyand Directory, Ed Masuoka, January, 2005
14. A Quickfinder for Attributing Varieties of Half Cents, Greg Heim, 1997
15. Copper Quotes by Robinson
16.. Penny Prices, by Noyes

Broadstruck

#'s 1-3 are a must, but don't forget...

Half Cent 1793-1857 Die State Book By Ron Manley

Fletcher

I would add the Penny Wise ... what a great source of information it has been for me.

Coxe

That is a good list, but must also include Manley and quite a number of earlier catalogues. There were some serious collections before 1990. Most can be determined easily enough from Breen's book though.

Half cents is a great series to collect. I did them for years. The only ones I still have are the ones in my 1811 die state set. They are still approachable, very undervalued relative to their survival numbers, interesting as heck, and (please excuse me CU) very well collected raw.

Myqqy

For those of us considering a venture into half cents- is penny wise an on line offering, monthly mailing, other....?

Longacre

<< <i>#'s 1-3 are a must, but don't forget...

Half Cent 1793-1857 Die State Book By Ron Manley >>




You're right. This was listed and I forgot to add it in. I will edit the post above.

Longacre

<< <i>#'s 1-3 are a must, but don't forget...

Half Cent 1793-1857 Die State Book By Ron Manley >>



This was also listed and I forgot to type it. It's a great book.

Longacre

<< <i>For those of us considering a venture into half cents- is penny wise an on line offering, monthly mailing, other....? >>




It comes out every other month and is part of your membership in the EAC. Dues are dirt cheap, Penny Wise is incredible, and they are even working on a CD of all of the past issues of Penny Wise. You should join the organization.

RTS

The Joseph Brobston Collection of United States Half Cents - Stacks
The Philip M. Showers Collection of United States Half Cents - Stacks
Reprints are available.

If you are a glutton for punishment and history then...
Monograph of United States Cents and Half Cents Issued Between the Years 1793 and 1857 - Ed Frossard

firstmint

For those who are serious about the Half Cents -

The only auction sale ever conducted that offered only Half Cents (all dates & varieties) was presented by S H Chapman on June 9, 1924. This was the F R Alvord collection.

One variation of the sale catalogue came with 5 b&w plates. Unfortunately for collectors, there's less than 10 copies known with illustrations. However, reprints of this sale were made in the early 1970's and the plates included in the reprint are fairly nice.

For those doing pedigree research, this is a must have sale.

Strangely, for those selling and / or collecting this interesting series, the Alvord pedigree is missing from nearly all accounts.

marmac

ditto the two collections RTS notes- both very impressive and I would add them to the list.

As for the list Ray Rouse put together I think I probably have a little over half of them. I have tried like a bugger to track down a copy of Greg Heim's quick attribution guide but have not had any luck.

Aegis3

Norweb had a serious collection of half cents (Norweb I), including most die varieties and also most proofs by variety. Garrett I (1979) and Eliasberg I (1996) should also be considered, though I would say Norweb is the most important of these three WRT half cents.