1805 HALF CENT - COHEN 3
PCGS No: 1087
Rarity: Very Scarce
Variety Equivalents: Breen
Variety names: "Small
5, Stems"
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Images courtesy of Superior
Stamp and Coin
Recent appearances:
VF-20 overall (illustrated above). Superior Stamp and Coin's "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, February
7-8, 2000, Lot 1536, "1805 C-3...VF20...Sharpness EF40 or nearly so but cleaned,
possibly very lightly whizzed in the process", sold for $6,612.50
PCGS F-15. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
93, "Small 5, Stems, C-3, B-3, Rarity-4+", illustrated,
sold for $2,990.00
VG-8 (illustrated below).
Ex - Superior Stamp & Coin's "The ANA 2000 National Money Show
Auction", March 2-3, 2000, Lot 62, "Manley state 2.0"
Del Bland graded Good-6. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection - Part I", February
16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 192, "Small 5, stems", illustrated, sold
for $529.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"American Half Cents - The 'Little Half Sisters' (Second
Edition)" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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