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   Discussion by RTS · April 1, 2007 6:27AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   ...scanned this for a friend from the Brobston sale book and made me curious - Copper Quotes says various undertypes exist - what does this mean? Thank you.

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   Comment by Writersblock · April 2, 2007 2:57AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Probably not but it does give you the idea of what an undertype would be.

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   Comment by RTS · April 1, 2007 10:30AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Thank you very much for the clarification.

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   Comment by TheRegulator · April 1, 2007 6:55AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   The undertype notes the host coinage on which the piece was overstruck. Seems like the early half cents were commonly struck on cut down large cents, TAL tokens, and such. The Little Half Sisters seemed to get all the hand-me-downs...

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   Comment by Writersblock · April 2, 2007 1:02AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   The explaination was right there in the lot description for the G-2 that you posted. Practically all were struck on cut down planchets of large cents, Mass half cents, and other coins. Of course it doesn't make it completely clear that the planchets were cut from struck coins and not cut from planchets for those other…

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   Comment by Pistareen · April 2, 2007 1:27AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   What a great coin! Most of these are on spoiled large cents. I have never seen or heard of one on a Mass half cent and suspect that none like that exist.