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

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1293

Grade

F12BN

Price

1,800

Lot Description

Deep olive-copper patina on surfaces that are microscopically rough, the obverse also with a few minor marks in the right field area. The strike is generally well centered, but the detail softens noticeably at the lower obverse and upper reverse borders. All major design elements are discernible, however, and most are bold. A short, thin planchet crack at 4:30 on the obverse is as made. With upward of 1,300 coins extant in all grades (per Bill Eckberg, 2019), the Cohen-6 is the most readily obtainable die marriage of the 1795-dated half cent issue. This pleasing Fine example would do nicely in a circulated type set.