US Half Cents...

Thanks, are you going to the Gettysburg show?

 

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I know that area well, I my younger years hunted and fished all over that area . Port Tobacco , Calvert cliffs, and I also serviced food stores down that neck of the woods.

 

I'm in Silver Springs two to three times a week. As well as DC Northern Va.

 

Yes it's a great show in a nice location . The group who put on the Battlefield shows do an awesome job.

 

Thanks for posting all of the awesome half cents... I apparently have some work to do if I'm going to even begin to scratch the surface of what I'm seeing here. XF is probably an acceptable and affordable grade to target, though the rare dates, as said above, will probably need to get downgraded (for me, at least). The 1829 I saw is now gone, so I waited too long, apparently. That's the trouble with the internet market - hesitate for a nanosecond and the item vaporizes.

 

Here's the the thread on half cents

 

Well, I just bought my first Half Cent for my type set and am looking to add another in one of this weekends auctions. I'm getting the bug for this series and may try to complete it rather than just add to my type set. I like these odd denomination cents.

 

I put together a set once. I got all but the '96 and came oh-so-close several times to buying one and finishing the set. I never did though and eventually broke it up. I still have the 1793, the 1802 and about 100 other duplicates.

 

What does a Half Cent type set consist of?

 

I believe he was referring to a type set in general one of each US minted coin. But if you wanted you could do a type set of just half cents. Like you would of any other coin minted. ie nickels shield,Liberty , Buffalo's, Jefferson's .

 

Paddy, thanks. So, I am working on a Walker short set from 41-47...got one of the coins when I saw you at the Gettysburg show...is that considered a type set?

 

Yes a short set or short type set.

 

Thanks.

 

Some do a short sets of war nickels or mercury dimes. Others short sets of the buffalo nickels. Most of the time in higher grades.

 

I got my semantics messed up. I meant a set of Half Cents. The one I purchased and another I'm bidding on are for my type set. Sorry for the confusion.

 

A date set of half cents is out of the reach of most collectors even in low grade. With some saving you can get the 1793. The 1802, and 1811 can be acquired by a collector of even modest means. But the 1796, 1831, 1836, and 1840 - 48 are out of the reach of most collectors. Even in low grade the 96 is going to be high 4 figures at least. The others are all proof only issues and they will really stretch the budget as well. I've been assembling a set of the 1840 - 48 proofs as electrotypes. Much more affordable but still two to three hundred dollars each.

 

Where in the world are you finding electrotypes? I remember seeing an 1804 dollar years ago, but have never seen another one (that was noted at least).

 

So far the ones I've acquired have come from Tom Reynolds. I bid on a few others in an EAC sale a few years ago but was unsuccessful.

Electrotypes do show up in copper based auctions from time to time. For example the 2013 Goldberg June Long Beach sale had five half cent electros, two 1793's, and 1831 first restrike, an 1843 and an 1849 small date. They sold for $440.

In their Feb 2000 Long Beach sale they had electros of both varieties of the 1796 half cent they sold for $265 and $368 respectively.

 

Thanks @Conder101 thats pretty interesting and something that I hadn't really considered.