1795 Half Cent - Attribution help please

It is a nice coin, low grade, BUT has an area of red oxidation as can be seen.
The date is very faint but discernible. The planchet is thin, no pole to bust.

I would be very greatful for attribution help please.

Thanks,
Eduard

 

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It's a C6-a/b. :eat: Weigh it and I should be able to tell be able to tell which one.

Love it! :thumb:

Ribbit

Ps: The leaf tip at the I in AMERICA is what gives this one away.

 

I just got a C6a a couple of weeks ago!

It's not as nice as yours, though. Mine has a planchet crack that I rather like.

 

Guys, thanks a lot!
That is why a like this forum so much. Always help and guidance when you need it.

My CQR (great guide to US Copper!) says C-6a is R-2 and thin planchet with berry at bow.
The C-6b is R-6! with thick planchet. So mine is probably C-6a, but i will weight when i get the chance.

Once again, thanks!

Eduard

 

The 6-b was struck over cut down cent planchets, which were thicker, thus, the weight is everything on this variety. I also have a 6-a that isn't as nice as yours and it is the only LCHC I have and I cherish it. :thumb: Mine weighs 4.4 grams but it was a ground find so it lost a lot of weight to corrosion.

When I got it in, I spent a lot of time attributing it, since the date isn't easily readable (catch it in the right light and know what you are looking for) so when I saw yours, the first thing I did was look for the leaf tip at the I, to see if it was a C-6, since that's the only LCHC with a leaf tip at the I, and there it was. :kewl: That made it easy for me to attribute.

Ribbit

 

Thanks very much H.T for the description of the C-6b. I would be cool to have one of those so compact and thick.
I really like this coin because it has nice, smooth surfaces and a nice portrait; were it not for that spot of red corrosion....The corrosion seems inactive though, as i've had it for more than 25 years and still looks the same.
Eduard

 

Nice coin Eduard. Always love seeing your copper.

 

Hello Mark, i know you and a few other here enjoy and love early copper. For example H.T, Catbert, Borgovan, Leadfoot, Kanga, 900fine, and a few others. But definitely still a minority of the C.Ters. I really love these coins and would like to see more from the members.... so post away anything you have!
Regards,
Eduard

 

Eduard, That is a smokin Half cent. i want one of these soo bad, one day I'll have to break down and get one.
My only old copper is a 1806 half cent and believe me I love it. I don't regularly comment on the old copper as I usually have nothing to comment other then "NICE COIN MAN".
So I just keep it to myself.But I read all the posts from you, H.T, MarkH, and the rest of the copper posse.
Keep it up I love it

 

LOVE the obverse, nice and clean-looking, shame about the corrosion on the reverse. I don't have any of the 1795s yet, just '94 C1a and C3a as well as '97 C1. The liberty caps are hard to find, and finding a nice-looking one is a royal pain.

None of mine count as nice-looking, by the way.

 

Fish, according to my CQR that 1794 C-3a should be a R-5. A rare one, pricey in all grades. maybe you can show it to us one day.

Snaz, i hope you find one soon that you like! They are out there. I look regularly on Ebay and have had some luck there. Good luck in your search!

Eduard

 

You subscribe to the CQR? I still need to and will one of these days. :goofer: I would have already but it is so hard for me to spend money on anything non-coin related.

Ribbit

Ps: What's the CQR say about a 1798 S-146? I just picked one up last week and was wondering what the rarity is now (was R-5). :high5:

Pps: I just picked up a S-150 too. That's 2 hard to get 1798's I've picked up in the last week. :goofer:

 

H.T, the S-146 is listed in the 19th edition of CQR as 5- (low 5), while the S-150 is a 5.
Prices in Average condition are:

AG3 GD5 VG8 F12
S-146: 175 500 1500 2000
S-150: 150 500 1250 -

Both are rare coins! Congratulations.

Eduard

 

I picked up a S-147 also. I'm on a roll! It's taken so long to start filling holes in the 1798 portion of my collection and those 3 recent acquistions have put me on top of the world.

Ribbit

Ps: Thanks for the CQR info! :thumb:

 

Eduard,

It is always a pleasure to see your' nice coins! Thanks for sharing!

I wish that I had the time and money to invest in the Early Copper coins and the references books needed for attribution. Maybe one of these days it will happen!


Frank

 

I am really on a roll!

I just picked up a 1802 S-238.

That brings the tally up to 4.

Ribbit

 

Toad, PICS! PICS! (& congrats!)...Mike

 

I agree with Mike: we wanna see pics!!!

Congratulations on that S-238, R 4.

PS-i want to know why you are picking up all those rare 1798s, and i am missing out on them.
just kiddin, i am not a 1798 guy, my year is 1796 (and 1794 and 1795).

Eduard

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a pic also.

 

I just picked up a spare S-238 tonight. I figure you can't have enough R-4/5 DBC's. I'll keep the better one and use the other for trade or sell it. :whistle:

The only one that's come in is the 1798 S-146, the others are stuck in the snail mail. :goofer:

Ribbit

Ps: I also recently acquired a 1786 M17-K New Jersey Cent and a 1788 M7-E Connecticut. That makes it 11 of 37 I now have of the 1788's, with 1 R-2, 2 R-3's, 2 R-4's, 3 R-5's, and 4 R-6's (that's 12 total but I have a double of M12.2-E).