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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3453667, member: 101855&quot;]Here’s a little tidbit. The last “8” in the date was made by punching two small zeros on top of each other. This once more desmonstates the early mint practice of making dies with all but the last digit of the date on them. The 1808 half cent is a slightly better date in the series and is hard to find in high grade. It was the last of the Draped Bust design coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two overdate varieties. The &quot;8&quot; that covers the orginal &quot;7&quot; is the same size as the other digits in the date. One is somewhat scarce but obtainable. The other has the same obverse, but a sloppily made reverse. That reverse quickly failed creating a rare die variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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