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

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1040

Grade

VF35

Price

3,055

Lot Description

1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-6a. Rarity-2. Manley Die State 2.0. Plain Edge, No Pole. Overstruck on a Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent. VF-35 (... Glossy deep golden-brown surfaces exhibit olive highlights throughout. The naked eye picks up no marks of consequence, and low magnification reveals just a shallow old scrape at OF and a small patch of roughness at HA on the reverse. <em style="font-weight: bold;">Overstruck on a cut-down Talbot, Allum &amp; Lee cent, </em>though not noted on the PCGS holder and only just now noticed by the writer (FVV). An R (from STORE?) is seen plain as day at the obverse rim at 3 o'clock, though no other traces of the&nbsp;undertype&nbsp;are present on either side.&nbsp;Choice for the grade and worthy of more study by its next steward.&nbsp;A significant part of the mintage of 1795-dated Talbot, Allum &amp; Lee cents was purchased by the Mint for use as copper -- some having half cent planchets punched from them, others being melted. This interesting situation is also noted in this catalog under the Talbot, Allum &amp; Lee offering.