1825 B-2, C-2, R.1, MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade MS62....

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1825 B-2, C-2 Half Cent, MS64 Red and Brown
One of Four So-Designated at PCGS

1825 B-2, C-2, R.1, MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade MS62. Equivalents. Proskey 1: 1-A; Ross 2-A; Gilbert-1; Empire-66; Cohen-2; Breen-2; Bowers-Whitman 2; Eckberg 2-A.
Rarity. R.1. Far more plentiful than the other 1825 variety, perhaps as many as 4,100 of these exist per Eckberg. The Bowers-Whitman Guide Book suggests that 3,500 to 4,500 remain today.

Obverse 2 appears on Breen-2. The left edge of the curl is over the right half of the 2 and that is diagnostic. Star 13 is far from the hair and nearly touches the border. The northeast and east points of Star 12 are recut.

Reverse A appears on Breen-1 and 2. The highest leaf point is slightly past the final S. The U, first S, and first A in AMERICA are each slightly low. The hub was deeply impressed and most letters of HALF CENT are outlined.
Edge. Plain.
Surfaces. The obverse of this Choice Mint State half cent displays lovely chocolate-brown toning with splashes of deep orange mint color. The reverse is brilliant steel-blue with full cartwheel luster and traces of original mint color. Microscopic, grade-limiting marks are noted on each side.
Die State. Manley Die State 3.0. The usual late die state with the stem end and ribbon weak with additional evidence of die lapping.

Appearances. Illustrated at the PCGS Set Registry record of the McGuigan Collection and at PCGS Coin Facts. Plated in the August 2004 Superior catalog.
PCGS Population (5/2022). PCGS has examined 546 submissions of 1825 half cents in all grades from AG to MS. Those coins include 106 examples graded MS60 or finer, yet only four coins are designated as Red and Brown, including one MS63 and three in MS64. This piece and one other MS64 Red and Brown example are attributed as C-2.
Commentary. Although a few numerically finer 1825 B-2, C-2 half cents have been sold recently, this piece and the similarly graded Missouri Cabinet coin are the only two Red and Brown examples that have appeared in auctions during the last 20 years.
McGuigan Commentary. Choice original mint red and light brown obverse and iridescent bluish-brown reverse. Late die state (M3.0), having been struck from a repolished obverse die.
Provenance. Ex: Coinhunter (C.E. Bullowa, 3/1986), lot 445; Superior (8/2004), lot 43.
Personality. Known as the Grande Dame of numismatics, Catherine Elias Bullowa-Moore was born at Larchmont, New York in 1919 and died on May 15, 2017. She was 97 years old and continued to operate her coin business, Coinhunter, until she passed away. She married David Marks Bullowa in 1951 and he died of Hodgkin's Disease prior to their second anniversary. Catherine continued operating their rare coin firm after his death. She was a founding member of the Professional Numismatists Guild, a member of the 1965 U.S. Assay Commission, and a member of several other numismatic and professional organizations. She remarried Earl Moore, an autograph and manuscript dealer, in 1959, and he died in 2001. At the time of her death, Mrs. Bullowa-Moore had been a professional numismatist for nearly 70 years.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 222T, Variety PCGS# 35250, Base PCGS# 1142, Greysheet# 213432)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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