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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 22786538, member: 101855"]The Massachusetts half cent and cent were the best made of the state coinage during the pre-constitutional period. The trouble was when the government officials added up the costs of production, it cost more to make those coins than their face value. That ended the program immediately.</p><p><br /></p><p>This little gem was in the Eric P. Newman collection. PCGS graded this MS-64.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1545195[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 22786538, member: 101855"]The Massachusetts half cent and cent were the best made of the state coinage during the pre-constitutional period. The trouble was when the government officials added up the costs of production, it cost more to make those coins than their face value. That ended the program immediately. This little gem was in the Eric P. Newman collection. PCGS graded this MS-64. [ATTACH=full]1545195[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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