1802 C-1 (Reverse of 1800) Half Cent ("Whister")

halfcentman

A nasty, tough, Red Book Variety (probably an R6-).



Enjoy,

Greg

ricko

Thanks, I enjoy old copper (do not have many, and no 'prizes'). Always seek out the 'copper tables' at shows and enjoy reviewing them. Cheers, RickO

sumnom

This is not something one sees everyday! In fact, I have never seen one. I have longed dreamed of owning one of these but I doubt I ever will. Thank you for sharing it with us.

sumnom

I am a little surprised this thread hasn't gotten more attention. Isn't this a rather difficult piece to come by?

rxer

If you have and extra 40 or 50 THOUSAND $ - you can find them
but it won't be as pretty as this one

Goldbully

Incredible coin.....how do the experts see a reverse of an 1800????

sinin1

very nice

as far as Goldbully's question
- there are a few differences - font size, location, wreath, stems - usually something left somewhere

coinfacts has the following excellent picture

Billet7

That's a CRAZY awesome coin! I can't say I've even seen more than two of them come up for auction since I've been looking at half cents. Really tough. I've had an extremely difficult time finding the "standard" one, let alone this one. Didn't a fairly high grade one auction off a year or so ago? Seems like I vaguely remember a lightly circulated example that went for good money.

sumnom

Cohen says there are about 25 known. Is that figure still accurate?

Edit: Oh, I see in the screen shot it says "25 known."

sumnom

TTT just because.