1793 1/2C, BN MS(PCGS#1000)

February 2006 Pre-Long Beach Auction #34

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

474

Grade

F15

Price

5,750

Lot Description

1793. Bent cap, type 1. PCGS graded Fine-15 Brown. The surfaces are porous as usual, and a shade of dark steel brown. The details are clear and visible, however, with clear date and most legends readable. A popular type coin for our first half cent coin. What's more, there were only 35,334 minted. Variety Breen-1502 with no periods after AMERICA and CENT; short ribbons and stems (one of two die varieties comprising the majority of the 1793 mintage)