1845 1/2 C B-3, R.6, Second Restrike, PR64 Brown PCGS. Our EAC Grade PR60. ...

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1845 Half Cent, B-3, PR64 Brown
Eliasberg's Second Restrike

1845 1/2 C B-3, R.6, Second Restrike, PR64 Brown PCGS. Our EAC Grade PR60. Ex: Eliasberg. The olive, violet, and blue surfaces host bold design motifs and subtly mirrored fields on both sides. A few trivial carbon flecks limit an even finer grade of this Choice proof.

Variety: B-3. Small berries in the wreath and short die file marks over RICA identify this Second Restrike proof half cent.

Population Data (3/15): Including First and Second Restrikes, PCGS reports 17 1845 Restrike half cents. The population includes four PR64 Brown and seven finer.

Heritage Commentary: Approximately 20 examples of the 1845 Second Restrike half cents are known. The combined populations of all varieties of the proof-only Braided Hair half cents reveal that 1845 and 1846 are the rarest years, with 39 and 41 pieces known, respectively.

Provenance: Thomas L. Elder; John H. Clapp; Clapp Estate (1942); Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Merena, 5/1996), lot 461.(Registry values: P4)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26ZD, PCGS# 1281, Greysheet# 615)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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