1829 B-1, C-1 -- Reverse Brockage -- VG10 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VG8....

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1829 B-1, C-1 Half Cent, VG10
Reverse Brockage

1829 B-1, C-1 -- Reverse Brockage -- VG10 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VG8. Equivalents. Proskey 1: 1-A; Ross 1-A; Gilbert-1; Empire-73; Cohen-1; Breen-1; Eckberg 1-A.

Obverse 1 appears on Breen-1, the only 1829-dated variety. Stars 1 and 2 are close, and Stars 6 and 7 are distant. The left edge of the hair curl is over the left half of the 9. The closely-spaced date is close to the border.
Edge. Plain.

Surfaces. Smooth surfaces show coppery orange on the obverse from cleaning while the brockage side is mostly olive-brown. Both impressions are slightly off center toward 3:30 on the obverse.

Die State. Manley Die State 2.0. Manley reports crisp dentils for Die State 1.0 and mushy dentils for Die State 2.0.

Production. A struck coin remained in the press when a new planchet was placed in the coining chamber, mostly overlapping the first coin. The new planchet picked up the obverse impression from the die, and the incuse obverse impression from the first coin.
Appearances. Illustrated in the June 2000 Superior catalog.

Commentary. Due to the off-center impression, this piece is technically a partial brockage. However, enough of the design remains that it should be included in the short list of known full brockage half cents.

McGuigan Commentary. Glossy dark brown surfaces. Mint error-obverse brockage, slightly off-center towards 9:00.

Provenance. Ex: Superior (6/2000), lot 97.

Personality. John Birnbaum signed the August 31, 1799 Bond of Indemnity to return to the Mint after the yellow fever season, "on the penalty of twenty pounds." An alternate name, or possibly a different individual, was John Baringbaum who appeared on the Mint Payroll for January 1800 as a roller. John Birnbaum was a pressman in 1832. The Philadelphia directories introduce possibly related names: John Bierbourn was a minter who resided at Cresson's Alley in 1801 and 1802. John Birnbourn was a mintner at 14 South Alley in 1805, and at Turner's Alley in 1806 through 1808. John Bearinbaum was a mintner living at 78 New Street in 1808. John Bernbaum was a minter residing at 78 New Street in 1809 through 1811, and John Beardenbon was a workman at the Mint residing at 78 New Street in 1814. All of these individual names probably represent the same person, although the John Birnbaum who was a pressman in 1832 may be a son of John Birnbaum.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

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