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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 18301295, member: 101855&quot;]The 1808 half cent is slightly scarce in VF-20 and below. It quite to very scarce in the high grades. </p><p><br /></p><p>The standard procedure for the 19th century was to punch in the first three digits of the date and then add the last one when they got ready to use it. With the 1807 over 8 half cent, someone jumped the gun and entered a &quot;7&quot; into the last number. Then, in keeping with the law, which was not always observed, and &quot;8&quot; was punched over it. There are two reverses for the 1808 over 7 half cent. One of them is rare with maybe 100 examples known in all grades. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are &quot;Coin Facts&quot; images. My coins are long gone. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1537271[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The regular 1808 half cent date was made by punching two small zeros in to make the &quot;8.&quot; Roger Cohen commented that this showed the low regard the mint personnel had for the half cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1537272[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly enough the 1807 half cent has a &quot;7&quot; that is larger than the rest of the digits. It was probably made for a large cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1537273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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