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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6539752, member: 101855&quot;]The reverse die that was used for the 1806 No Stems Half Cent (Cohen Variety #1) was one tough customer. It was used to make the 1804 Crosslet 4 Stemless (fairly common), 1804 Plain 4 Stemless (the most common half cent in my opinion), 1805 Small 5 Stemless (the most common 1805 variety) and the 1806 Small 6 Stemless (the most common 1806 half cent). It&#039;s hard to estimate how many coins it did make, but it had to be in the 10s of thousands. </p><p><br /></p><p>Example #2 in the OP is deceptive because the die was on its last legs by then. It was getting very tired and it was rusted. That coin would be a hard one to authenticate if you were told that some them are bad. Plus it also has some green on it which looks like the stuff the Chinese use to &quot;age&quot; their junky products.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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