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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 7789814, member: 66&quot;]The reason is probably two fold.&nbsp; First the mintage was low 35,180, plus the fact that most of them were still in the Mint when the Coinage Act of February 21, 1857 was signed into law which ended the half cents.&nbsp; Once the law was signed no more half cents could be paid out by the mint and all the ones on hand were melted down.&nbsp; And most likely some of the 1857&#039;s that had gotten out probably came back during the exchanges for flying eagle cents.&nbsp; That 35,180 is probably significantly larger than the number that actually got out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is an interesting year.&nbsp; And there are some collectors who make an entire collection out of just on variety, the 1804 C-6.&nbsp; It comes in more than 20 significant and sometimes dramatic die stages.&nbsp; It is a common variety, but there are enough die stage collectors that it can make it a little tough to get one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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