1811 Wide Date, B-1, C-1, Low R.4, VF30 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF20....

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1811 B-1, C-1 Half Cent, VF30
Extremely Rare Two-Star Break

1811 Wide Date, B-1, C-1, Low R.4, VF30 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF20. Please refer to lot 3089 for equivalents, rarity, die, and edge descriptions.
Surfaces. Rich reddish steel surfaces exhibit delicate blue overtones. Scattered circulation marks are noted with some minor roughness on Liberty's profile.
Die State. Manley Die State 4.0. An extremely popular intermediate die state, this piece displays a rim break joining the first two stars at the lower left. As Jim McGuigan notes in his commentary, this is the finest of less than 10 examples known.
Appearances. The State 5 plate coin on page 82 of Ed Fuhrman's The Half Cent Handbook, Classic Head & Braided Hair Varieties, 1809-1857.
PCGS Population (6/2022). While PCGS has certified 89 submissions of 1811 half cents that grade VF30 or finer, only eight of those are attributed as B-1, C-1, including this VF30 coin and seven in finer grades.
Commentary. Most examples of 1811 B-1, C-1 are early die state coins with a perfect obverse die. Those with the four-star break such as that in the next lot are also somewhat plentiful within the context of this scarce die marriage. Each of the three intermediate die states, including this state showing the two-star break, are extremely rare with only a few known examples.
McGuigan Commentary. Glossy dark brown surfaces. Intermediate die state (M4.0) with the rim cud at first two stars on left. Finest of less than ten specimens known of this die state.
Provenance. Ex: Christopher B. Young (6/18/2010).
Personality. Christopher Bohle Young operates Chesapeake Bay Rare Coins from upstate New York. The 57-year-old coin dealer relocated from Maryland where he founded his business in the 1980s. Young is a long-time and well-known member of Early American Coppers. His personal collecting interest centers around varieties of New Jersey colonials.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 222S, Variety PCGS# 35239, Base PCGS# 1135, Greysheet# 80909)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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