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Big Sis and Little Sis - Pair of 1795 Coppers

msch1manmsch1man Posts: 809 ✭✭✭✭
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I haven't bought anything yet this year due to all the uncertainty with the pandemic, but couldn't pass up a really nice low grade half cent recently offered by Gerry Fortin. I believe its a C6a (if any attribution experts can confirm that would be great). It's got great color and surfaces for a liberty cap half cent...which is not easy to find, especially in a somewhat affordable lower grade. In fact, I think it's got even nicer color than my 1795 large cent does (which I'm pretty fond of). Here's a quick cell phone pic of Big Sis and Little Sis that I thought I'd share (the spots in the center are shadows from 2 pesky slab scuffs)...

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  • TypeCollector87TypeCollector87 Posts: 26 ✭✭✭

    Very nice!!

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice original brown

  • JimWJimW Posts: 581 ✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting!

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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,003 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gotta love coins like these!

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,353 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not quite 20 years after the birth of our nation. Cool as hell. :)

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whoa, unreal! You don't see pieces like this every day. Thank you so much for sharing I really appreciate it.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coins... So much history there...Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice bragging rights. I like

  • fishteethfishteeth Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    cool coins with a lot of history. congrats

  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I seem to spend a lot of time looking at early half cents even though I don't own any at the moment. I think the 1795 C-6a and C-5 share the same obverse, so we would need to see the reverse. The 6a is interesting because a lot of them were struck on cut-down Talbot, Allum & Lee Cents. Sometimes you can see part of the undertype.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Both look to be very choice examples of neat early copper!

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  • msch1manmsch1man Posts: 809 ✭✭✭✭

    @carabonnair said:
    I seem to spend a lot of time looking at early half cents even though I don't own any at the moment. I think the 1795 C-6a and C-5 share the same obverse, so we would need to see the reverse. The 6a is interesting because a lot of them were struck on cut-down Talbot, Allum & Lee Cents. Sometimes you can see part of the undertype.

    Here's the true view...seems like there could be undertype visible on the obverse from about 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock

  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coins.

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  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agreed on the undertype! Very cool. And that is a rare coin in the grade. I can’t recall ever seeing another nice VG, although I’m sure they’re out there.

  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! Looks like even wear, smooth surfaces and good color, which is so scarce on these coins. So many have been fooled with too.

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