1803 Half Cent Comments

Hello people!
Comments on this half cent? Genuine or fake?

Thanks!

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

My instinct says real. But then again, I've never even held a half cent.

 

I think it's real and I believe it's Cohen-1, according to: http://www.coinfacts.com/half_cents/1803_half_cents/1803_half_cent_c01.htm

 

Genuine, and it is C-1.

 

genuine, agree with Conder and I would call it vg net g for the nicks.

 

Could those nicks be consistent with some sort of holder or fob? They aren't evenly spaced, it just look to clean of cuts. Looks real tho to me. I have an 1807 in about the same condition.

 

If they were from some kind of holder I would expect them to be evenly spaced. It looks to me like it was "attacked" by a pair of scissors or wire cutters long ago and then continued to circulate.

 

That to me would explain the better rev. As the obv. Shows a heck of wear. Looks like a genuine half cent to me.

 

You wonder what possessed someone to do that (cut up the edges). I guess there wasn't too much entertainment in the early 1800s.

 

I would think a watch fob. As take half cent was still a lot of money in those days. As to buying power. But if you old not afford gold a chain with a coin on it was better than nothing.

 

so many early half and large cents survive with all sorts of damage.

This one is real and has a nice look over all.

 

Ok, thanks for the help boys!