1794 1/2 C High Relief Head, C-9, B-9, R.2, MS65 Brown PCGS. CAC....

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1794 C-9, B-9 Half Cent, MS65 Brown
High Relief Obverse
Breen Die State I Plate Coin

1794 1/2 C High Relief Head, C-9, B-9, R.2, MS65 Brown PCGS. CAC. Breen Die State II, Manley Die State 2.0. Small edge letters as always for the High Relief varieties, C-7, C-8, and C-9. Delicately cracked from the rim at 9:30 into the cap, and through the tops of IBERTY. Heavy clash marks are evident throughout the hair locks. There is no evidence of the late-state rim break through the dentils left of the fraction. Walter Breen's die states in his Half Cent Encyclopedia note that the reverse rim break in the dentils appeared before the crack through the tops of LIBERTY, but this piece suggests otherwise. Breen used this piece to illustrate Die State I in his Half Cent Encyclopedia, despite the LIBERTY crack appearing as his Die State IV.

Housed in a green-label PCGS holder, this well-struck piece has full cartwheel luster with rich steel-blue toning in the central obverse on lovely olive-brown surfaces. Liberty gazes at a small toning spot in the right obverse field that confirms the provenance. Splashes of original mint red are evident on both sides, likely sufficient to earn this piece a Red and Brown designation.

This Condition Census example is recorded in the sixth position in Breen's Condition Census, but two listings above it are for a single coin, and we are certain that this Gem ranks among the top three or four known survivors from the C-9 die pair. In fact, long-time researcher Frank Wilkinson, who has studied the half cents for over four decades, considers this piece the finest known 1794 C-9 half cent. This piece is a virtual twin to the Missouri Cabinet coin, here with a slightly better strike. The Missouri Cabinet piece has slightly more mint red on the obverse, but this piece features more original red color on the reverse. PCGS Population for all 1794 varieties: 2, 7 finer (5/18). Our EAC grade MS64.
Ex: James David Duncan Collection (NASCA, 7/1980), lot 1067; Steve Ivy Rare Coin Company; Garry Fitzgerald; Stack's (privately); Gene Reale Collection (Sotheby's, 1/1998), lot 1.
From The Red Headed Copper Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2223, Variety PCGS# 35063, Base PCGS# 35054, Greysheet# 80853)

Weight: 6.74 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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