1795 1/2C No Pole, Plain Edge, BN MS(PCGS#1018)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2254

Grade

F15

Price

1,265

Lot Description

1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-6a. Rarity-2. Manley Die State 2.0. Plain Edge, No Pole. Fine-15 BN (NGC). Chocolate-brown surfaces with navy-blue highlights. Struck over a cut-down Talbot, Allum & Lee cent with the bottoms of the letters [C]OMME[RCE] discernible on the obverse and [TA]LBOT A[LLUM] on the reverse. Imperfectly centered, as is typical of many examples of these overstrikes.