1797 1/2C C-3c, Low Head, Gripped Edge, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: Liberty Cap Right Half Cents 1794-1797
PCGS G6BN
PCGS AG3BN
PCGS AG3BN
- PCGS #:
- 35116
- Designer:
- John Smith Gardner
- Edge:
- Gripped
- Diameter:
- 23.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 5.44 grams
- Mintage:
- 127,840
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $103,500 • 01-26-2014 • Goldberg Auctioneers
Major Varieties
- 1797 1/2C 1 Above 1, BN
- 1797 1/2C 1 Above 1, RB
- 1797 1/2C Centered Head, Plain Edge, BN
- 1797 1/2C Plain Edge, RB
- 1797 1/2C Plain Edge, RD
- 1797 1/2C Low Head, Plain Edge, BN
- 1797 1/2C Low Head, Plain Edge, RB
- 1797 1/2C Low Head, Plain Edge, RD
- 1797 1/2C Low Head, Lettered Edge, BN
- 1797 1/2C Lettered Edge, RB
- 1797 1/2C Lettered Edge, RD
- 1797 1/2C Low Head, Gripped Edge, BN
- 1797 1/2C Gripped Edge, RB
- 1797 1/2C Gripped Edge, RD
Die Varieties
- 1797 1/2C C-3c, Low Head, Gripped Edge, BN
- 1797 1/2C C-3c Gripped Edge, RB
- 1797 1/2C C-3c Gripped Edge, RD
Go To Grade
Current Auctions - PCGS Graded
Current Auctions - NGC Graded
For Sale Now at Collectors Corner - PCGS Graded
For Sale Now at Collectors Corner - NGC Graded
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 VG8 PCGS grade
|
|
#2 G6 PCGS grade
|
|
#3 AG3 PCGS grade
Purchased unattributed by Richard S. Shimkus - Don Valenziano, Jr. - Early American Coppers Sale 5/1986:62 - Jack H. Robinson Collection - Superior 1/1989:1891 - R. Tettenhorst Collection - Missouri Cabinet (Mocab 97.3c.4) - Goldbergs 1/2014:48, $55,200 |
#4 F details, tooled
Jon G. Hanson, who discovered it unattributed at a White Plains, New York, coin show in early 1967 - R. Tettenhorst Collection - Missouri Cabinet (Mocab 97.3c.2) - Goldbergs 1/2014:47, $103,500 |