1808/7 1/2C, BN MS(PCGS#1110)

February 2026 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part II

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

25017

Grade

VF30BN

Price

2,400

Lot Description

Manley Die State 1.0. Hard, frosty, boldly defined Choice VF quality with handsome toning in blended olive, steely-copper and chestnut-brown. Wispy handling marks are more prevalent on the obverse and include a few faint scratches in the field behind Liberty's portrait. This is the final date in the Draped Bust half cent series, coinage of which began in April 1808 and amounted to 312,000 pieces when the last delivery was made on June 29. Cohen-2, offered here, is the more readily obtainable of the two overdate varieties for the issue, but of the 650 survivors believed extant (per Bill Eckberg, 2019), few grade finer than VF.