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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;halfcent1793, post: 4344616, member: 86853&quot;]This variety was and probably still is the most popular half cent to collect by die state, because of the spectacular and progressive reverse cracks and cuds. </p><p>A couple of decades ago, several collectors, myself included, were trying to get complete die state sets of this variety. This, of course, made the chase challenging and expensive. Eventually, several of us sold our sets and the prices for nearly all of the more difficult die states collapsed.</p><p>I ended up with 17 different &quot;Manley die states,&quot; two of which, those I called M10.4 and M13, were not listed in Manley. </p><p>Manley listed about 20 die states that he thought were distinctive enough; Cohen is credited with saying at one point that if you wanted a complete die state set of this variety, you&#039;d have to have every coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t owned mine for over a decade, and I may be wrong, but as I recall, the Braig constructs were cast.</p><p>You can see that whatever the created the built up &quot;cud&quot; over OF had to be filed down. </p><p>These weren&#039;t particularly deceptive, and everyone knew them for what they were at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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