1802 Drapped Bust Half Cent Help?
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...so my buddy brings me his box of coins that his pops and grandpops had accumulated over the last couple generations. Lots of junk silver and such with also some silver notes as well. One cool item was his pops service dog-tags from the Korean conflict that also had a 1921 Morgan attached to the chain. Anyways, long story short, at the bottom of the box...in a Sucrets tin sits this coin. Any help would be appreciated as to authenticity, grade ext. I told him that I would send anything he had of value to PCGS for him if he wants. So what does he have here fella's???
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Nice find if it's real. Looks ok to me.
2nd reverse.
Grade? G4?
Interested to hear from someone sure of themselves.
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Hopefully BillJones or some of the copper guys will be along soon to help out.
Edited to add - tried to do some research from my old catalogs, but none of them have
photos of the 1802...
I actually found a 1802/0 rev of 1800 in a dealer's junk box at the Central States Show in 1994 or thereabouts.
Sold it immediately for a nice score!
Hope not, otherwise looks to have g06 details.
Maybe it's the lighting in the photo, but is the coin slightly bent?
Hope not, otherwise looks to have g06 details.
Thanks all for the replies. The coin is not bent IMO. I am stoked for him and can't wait to send it in!
Looks to me like it's a Cohen 2 1802/0, 5 berries left, Half Cent,
six berries right, with the lower left serif of all the T's lacking.
Top left leaf under E and right top leaf under S.
Only two rev dies & one obv die. C-1 is the rev of 1800 .
This is an R.3 and looks like a G-6, or 8, as most are found in
low grades. Actually this rev looks pretty good & may be State III.
These were believed to have been struck on spoiled cent stock.
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Looks to me like it's a Cohen 2 1802/0, 5 berries left, Half Cent,
six berries right, with the lower left serif of all the T's lacking.
Top left leaf under E and right top leaf under S.
Only two rev dies & one obv die. C-1 is the rev of 1800 .
This is an R.3 and looks like a G-6, or 8, as most are found in
low grades. Actually this rev looks pretty good & may be State III.
These were believed to have been struck on spoiled cent stock.
...you guys rock over here on CU! Less than 12 hours after we find it and this much info gathered already! Very Cool
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I don't collect half cents but it seems to me this is probably worth a lot more than $300. This G6 sold for $1116 at HA a couple years ago.
OP's friend's coin looks like a solid G6. A shame about some new light scratches and tics on the reverse. At least they're minor.
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Lance.
Great find!
I don't collect half cents but it seems to me this is probably worth a lot more than $300. This G6 sold for $1116 at HA a couple years ago.
OP's friend's coin looks like a solid G6. A shame about some new light scratches and tics on the reverse. At least they're minor.
Lance.
...it's going in for grading and TrueView. I can't resist, I'll pay the cost myself if I have to. Got an offer for $300 via PM from a forum member here already After slabbing I will update this thread with results. I'm not sure the owner wants to sell it. This thread is also not intended to sell it either. If owner sells it, it will sell in the wild most likely. Thanks again for all the help guys!
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I like the planchet on this coin.