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Auction 1124 | Lot 2023 » Half Cents

1802/0 1/2 C Reverse of 1800 VG8 PCGS. (PCGS# 1054)

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Grade VG8

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May 3, 2009

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Sold For: $35,937.50

Auction 390 | Lot 19034 » Half Cents

1802/0 1/2 C Reverse of 1800. C-1, B-1, R.6. Die State 1--Environmental Damage--NCS. VF Details. Fine 15 EAC. Overdate; Single terminal leaves. Jules Reiver recorded this coin in his notes as the Gilbert Plate Coin and the Discovery coin for the variety, although we are not able to verify either claim. The reverse is plated in the Breen Half Cent Encyclopedia, but the obverse plate is from a different coin. Also illustrated in the last three editions of Wayte Raymond's Standard Catalog. It is the Manley Plate Coin for Die State 1. The next lot is an example of 1802 C-2, the New Reverse, also plated in Manley as Die State 1 of the C-2 die combination, and clearly struck before this coin. Although 1802 C-1, B-1 is described first by both Cohen and Breen, on the strength of its shared reverse with 1800, the earlier presentation by Ebenezer Gilbert in The United States Half Cents, published in 1916, had the varieties in their proper emission sequence, with this Reverse of 1800 assigned his number 2. Gilbert did not actually attempt an emission sequence presentation, although in the case of 1802, he had a 50% chance of being correct.

The number of known examples is most likely in the vicinity of 20 coins. Despite its low grade and rough physical appearance, this example is solidly in the Condition Census, and apparently second or third finest known. It was the second listed coin in Walter Breen's Condition Census. This past summer, Bill Noyes issued his Penny Prices, including data for half cents. He recorded two VF20, two Fine 15, and six VG10 examples as the 10 best pieces. This is probably one of his VG10 coins, but the only true test of Condition Census for these coins is physical, in-the-copper comparison. Even then, different observers will have different opinions. Most will agree that the Norweb Collection specimen is the finest known.

From the first die state described by Manley, and as stated earlier, the plate c (PCGS# 1054)

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Grade VF20

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Jan 28, 2006

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Sold For: $34,500.00

Auction 175 | Lot 8091 » Half Cents

1802/O Reverse of 1800 Fine 15 Porous. B-1, C-1, R.6. The porosity is heaviest on the upper portion of the obverse, lower portion of the reverse, and overall. This coin has far less porosity than the few others seen of this rare die pairing. For some reason, the old rusted reverse die from 1800 was reused to strike just a few 1802/0 half cents. This is one of those few, with the familiar die defects from the upright of the E of UNITED to the C of CENT clear. This specimen is quickly identifiable by a planchet void above the NI of UNITED. To be fair, there are a couple of faint scratches and trivial handling marks, but nothing out of the ordinary for a coin in this grade. Both sides are medium-brown, and the coin has a pleasant overall look. A review of auctions finds very little, the only recent appearance was in the Roger S. Cohen Sale in 1992. That piece graded only Good 5, but still realized $13,000, attesting to the extreme rarity of this variety. Probably in, or certainly very near, the tail-end of the Condition Census for the variety, which ranges from Fine down to Good. Sought after in any grade, and certain to bring a strong--and well deserved--price. One of the highlights from the Dr. Montgomery Collection.
Ex: Philadelphia Estate; Dennis Steinmetz; Anthony Terranova; Julian Leidman. (PCGS# 1054)

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Grade F15

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Aug 5, 1997

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Sold For: $14,950.00

Auction 1202 | Lot 4996 » Half Cents

1802/0 1/2 C Reverse of 1800 Fair 2 NGC. C-1, B-1, R.6. (PCGS# 1054)

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Grade F2

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Feb 5, 2014

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Sold For: $5,352.13

Auction 169 | Lot 5019 » Half Cents

1802/O Reverse of 1800 Fine 12 Repaired (Resurfaced). B-2, C-2, R.3. Dark, chocolate-brown color over each side, the obverse fields have been smoothed to lessen the effects of abrasions or corrosion or both. (PCGS# 1054)

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Grade F12

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Mar 25, 1997

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Sold For: $776.25

Auction 342 | Lot 8380 » World Coins » Niger

Republic. Gold 25 Francs 1968, KM9, choice cameo Proof, Barbary sheep design. (PCGS# 1054)

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Jan 31, 2004

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Sold For: $132.25