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<p>[QUOTE="kanga, post: 25611364, member: 9270"]I've got a 1795 Half Cent.</p><p>It's in a PCGS slab but labeled only "PCGS XF40/Lettered Edge".</p><p>I've ID'ed it definitely as a C-2 variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fuhrman's book has three (sub?)-varieties listed:</p><p> - Lettered Edge/Thick Planchet</p><p> - Lettered Edge/Thin Planchet</p><p> - Plain Edge</p><p>Fuhrman has them all listed as variety C-2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manley's book has only two varieties listed:</p><p> - Lettered Edge (C-2a)</p><p> - Plain Edge (C-2b)</p><p><br /></p><p>My Problem:</p><p>I'm not going to crack out my coin.</p><p>So it appears that I don't have a way to determine whether it's a Thick or Thin planchet.</p><p><b>Common sense</b> says that it's on a Thick planchet since that variety has an R-3+ rarity.</p><p>The Thin planchet variety has an R-8 rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I'm going to call my coin the Thick Planchet variety.</p><p>There doesn't seem to be any other method of IDing it</p><p>... EXCEPT MAYBE ...</p><p>the "slight die bulging at AME" which my coin has but is not mentioned with respect to the Thin Planchet variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kanga, post: 25611364, member: 9270"]I've got a 1795 Half Cent. It's in a PCGS slab but labeled only "PCGS XF40/Lettered Edge". I've ID'ed it definitely as a C-2 variety. Fuhrman's book has three (sub?)-varieties listed: - Lettered Edge/Thick Planchet - Lettered Edge/Thin Planchet - Plain Edge Fuhrman has them all listed as variety C-2. Manley's book has only two varieties listed: - Lettered Edge (C-2a) - Plain Edge (C-2b) My Problem: I'm not going to crack out my coin. So it appears that I don't have a way to determine whether it's a Thick or Thin planchet. [B]Common sense[/B] says that it's on a Thick planchet since that variety has an R-3+ rarity. The Thin planchet variety has an R-8 rarity. So I'm going to call my coin the Thick Planchet variety. There doesn't seem to be any other method of IDing it ... EXCEPT MAYBE ... the "slight die bulging at AME" which my coin has but is not mentioned with respect to the Thin Planchet variety. Comments?[/QUOTE]
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