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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1034527, member: 6036&quot;]Congrats on the newps, Marshall !</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the 1803 h1c to be Cohen 1, die marriage 1-A</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>On your coin, LI is more closely spaced than the C-3 (the only other obverse die of this year). Also, on your coin, the 3 is much closer to the 0 than on the C-3.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse: </b>Other key identifiers include :</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li> a die chip (or repunched &quot;U&quot;) inside the &quot;U&quot; near the top</li> <li> a very short fraction bar with a die file mark which connects it to the right ribbon</li> <li> berry below E1 impaled on a leaf.</li> </ul><p>All are clearly identifiable on this specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting characteristic of 1803 half cents - apparently, the &quot;T&quot; punch had broken bottom serifs, so most of the Ts appear to be footless. On certain Ts, the engraver endeavored to restore the serifs by hand. It&#039;s interesting to look at each T with that in mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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