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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1066732, member: 66&quot;]It&#039;s almost certainly a contemporary counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we can disregard the cent planchet theory.&nbsp; The lettered edge proves that isn&#039;t the case.&nbsp; The bust half is 32.5 mm in diameter as a finished coin.&nbsp; The prestrike diameter is probably somewhere in the 31 mm diameter range.&nbsp; So what happens when you run a 29 mm copper planchet through a Castaining machine set to put a lettered edge on a 31 mm diameter blank?&nbsp; What happens is no lettering.&nbsp; And it is highly unlikely that a cent planchet would have completely filled out the full 32.5 mm diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Castaining machine was in use through 1836 for the half dollars. They never used collars to impress lettering on the halves.&nbsp; The reeded collars were use on half dollars starting in 1836.&nbsp; (Reeded edges on half dimes, dimes and quarters from the collars started much earlier, 1795 and 1796.&nbsp; Reeded edges were NOT applied by Castaining machines.))[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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