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Description
Important 1793 Half Cent, AU58
C-4, B-4
1793 1/2 C AU58 PCGS. C-4, B-4, Low R.3. Manley Die State
2.0, with the die defect atop the 7. Thomas Jefferson made the half
cent the lowest denomination in the 1784 Notes on Coinage
that he submitted to the federal government. Eventually, after much
delay and Congressional inaction, Jefferson's proposal emerged as
the Mint Act of April 2, 1792. David Rittenhouse, Adam Eckfeldt,
and Robert Birch combined to execute the design of the small copper
coin with Birch and Joseph Wright engraving the dies. By May 1793
over 30,000 copper half cent planchets had been prepared and on
July 20 the Philadelphia Mint coined its first 7,000 specimens.
Mint employees produced a further 24,934 pieces on July 26 and the
final 3,400 examples on September 18. Having delivered a total of
35,344 1793 half cents, the Mint closed on the latter date so that
its staff could flee Philadelphia and its annual yellow fever
epidemic.This is an impressively sharp and smooth representative of this popular single-year type. Chocolate-brown dominates both sides, with a glimpse of deeper brown toning present on the lower left obverse and central reverse. Liberty's cheek and forehead display a hint of friction, but the designs are exquisitely impressed aside from minor softness on a few letters in AMERICA. Marks are minor for the grade, and the only identifiers are two faint, superficial marks behind the cap, and two blemishes of similar small size below and between AM of AMERICA. These are inconspicuous because of subsequent natural toning, and the quality and significance of the present piece remains irrefutable. EAC 50.(Registry values: P8)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2222, PCGS# 1000, GSID# 429)
Metal: 100% Copper
Weight: 6.74 grams
Weight: 0.23775oz
Mintage: 35,334
Auction Info
2009 April-May Cincinnati, OH (CSNS) US Coin Auction #1124 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
Apr-May, 2009
29th-3rd
Wednesday-Sunday
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