1809/6 ? Grade?

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Yes, C-5. It looks like AU Details (old cleaning). That's just my opinion; I'm not a professional.

 

I'm not sure the coin is real. It has a strange look to me.

 

Looks like some flavor of UNC — maybe 63-64. I think it’s real but quite agree it looks a bit strange, probably a result of a (long-ago) cleaning. I’ve got a nice one of my own, but this one is nicer!
Dave S.

 

have to agree with @yakpoo AU details old cleaning

 

What they said.
A nicer coin than mine except mine is a straight grade.

 

Agree with AU Details.

 

I'm more of the view that the cleaning is recent. But's it's definitely been cleaned and recolored.
Still, a very sharp example.

 

Value? I'm asking since your username is halfcent, LOL

 

Grey Sheet says a C-5 in AU-50 is $400.
If it is a DETAILS coin then think 50% of that ($200).

 

I think she's worth $300 if left an ungraded type coin.

 

TPG's can be hard on the Half Cent, VF possibly EF, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing such a nice coin, good luck.

 

Indeed..."such a nice coin"...as many have expressed in general terms...and way too nice to have it relegated to the "details" heap for a cleaning that no one knows when or even if, as the sole reason to be rejected for a straight grade. This coin deserves a straight grade...somewhere to me in EF45-AU53 range.

 

It depends on how it looks in hand. Your photos are good but no substitute for seeing it in the copper. I would guesstimate it in the $3-400 range. Trying to have it slabbed would be a mistake. They would give it a details grade, and it would be worth less because of that. Most early copper collectors don't care about slabs anyway.