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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7785159, member: 101855"]Here is the best early half cent I have. It is a 1795 C-1 stuck on a thick planchet with the lettered edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335946[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1835 Half Cent is my best Classic Head piece. Oddly enough, it's not my NGC registry type set because NGC low balled the grade at MS-63 Brown. This one makes MS-64 quite easily. I bought this raw many years ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335948[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC graded this one MS-64. The hair detail is really sharp on this piece, but that is a characteristic of this die variety, 1826 C-1. The lines at the right of the "6" are the result of a die preparation blunder. The sinker punched in a number, probably "6", and realized it was misplaced. The lines are a cover-up. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7785159, member: 101855"]Here is the best early half cent I have. It is a 1795 C-1 stuck on a thick planchet with the lettered edge. [ATTACH=full]1335946[/ATTACH] This 1835 Half Cent is my best Classic Head piece. Oddly enough, it's not my NGC registry type set because NGC low balled the grade at MS-63 Brown. This one makes MS-64 quite easily. I bought this raw many years ago. [ATTACH=full]1335948[/ATTACH] NGC graded this one MS-64. The hair detail is really sharp on this piece, but that is a characteristic of this die variety, 1826 C-1. The lines at the right of the "6" are the result of a die preparation blunder. The sinker punched in a number, probably "6", and realized it was misplaced. The lines are a cover-up. [ATTACH=full]1335951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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