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***Auction Highlight*** 1797 1 Above 1 C-11 Liberty Cap half cent 1/2c Graded vf30 By SEGS (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:1,562.50 - 3,125.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1797 1 Above 1 C-11 Liberty Cap half cent 1/2c Graded vf30 By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1797 1 Above 1 C-11 Liberty Cap half cent 1/2c Graded vf30 By SEGS. Manley Die State 4.0. A fairly late die state with multiple obverse die cracks and a swollen field near the cap. The medium brown surfaces are fairly smooth, with some roughness, more so on the obverse. Regardless of the variety, few high quality half cents of 1797 are known. In fact, just 11 Uncirculated 1797 half cents (of any variety) listed in Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents. Although that reference was published two decades ago, and much has changed in the numismatic scene since that time, the information contained therein still provides a good general indication of the importance of such pieces. On the 1797 1 Above 1 variety, when the die was made, the date was first started too high, crowding the bust of Liberty. Attempts were made to remove the errant date before repunching the digits in their correct position. Nearly the entire digit 1 remains visible from the original date, in the space above the final digit 1. Remnants of the other digits are also visible. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away Coin