Louis Eliasberg
Retired
Rank
5
Rank
Set
Complete
88.89%
Complete
Set
Rating
43.185
Rating
GPA with
Top Bonuses
51.664
Top Bonuses
GPA
Weighted
51.568
Weighted
%RD
2.08%
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About This Set:
From the Experts at PCGS
The Eliasberg “with varieties” half cent set was very high quality. Many of the coins were Choice to Gem uncirculated. The highlight is the incredible 1796 subsequently graded MS67RB by PCGS. It brought a record setting $506,000 at the 1996 Eliasberg sale. The set was not quite complete as some varieties we recognize today were not known to numismatists in Eliasberg’s day. Nonetheless, this is a very nice set.
The Eliasberg “with varieties” half cent set was very high quality. Many of the coins were Choice to Gem uncirculated. The highlight is the incredible 1796 subsequently graded MS67RB by PCGS. It brought a record setting $506,000 at the 1996 Eliasberg sale. The set was not quite complete as some varieties we recognize today were not known to numismatists in Eliasberg’s day. Nonetheless, this is a very nice set.
| Image | Item | PCGS # | Date | Denom | Grade | PCGS # Pop | PCGS # Pop Higher | Pop | Pop Higher | Comments | |
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1793 | 35009 | 1793 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
PCGS grade. Ex. Clapp; to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $38,500. Lot #394. Image courtesy of the ESM Collection.
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| 1794 Low Relief Head | 35036 | 1794 | 1/2C | AU58BN | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Alvord; Chapman (1924); Sears; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $18,700. Lot #399.
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1794 High Relief Head | 35063 | 1794 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
PCGS grade. Ex. Alvord; Chapman (1924); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $15,400. Lot #400. Image courtesy of the ESM Collection.
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| 1795 Plain Edge, No Pole | 35086 | 1795 | 1/2C | AU50BN | 1 | 1 | 16 | 34 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Wilson; Chapman; Clapp; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $9,350. Lot #405.
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| 1795 Lettered Edge | 35067 | 1795 | 1/2C | MS64BN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Long; Steigerwalt (1897); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $19,800. Lot #401.
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| 1795 PE Punctuated Date | 35080 | 1795 | 1/2C | VF20BN | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Schuyler; Green (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $440. Lot #403.
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| 1795 LE Punctuated Date | 35070 | 1795 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Brown; Chapman (1897); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $15,950. Lot #402.
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| 1796 With Pole | 35098 | 1796 | 1/2C | AG3BN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Morris; Chapman (1905); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $8,360. Lot #408.
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| 1796 No Pole | 35096 | 1796 | 1/2C | MS67RB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PCGS grade. Ex. Winsor; Chapman (1895); Earle; Ellsworth; Raymond; Atwater; Mehl (1946). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $506,000. Lot #407. Pedigreed 3/3/15.
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| 1797 Plain Edge | 35104 | 1797 | 1/2C | VF20BN | 3 | 8 | 16 | 71 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $880. Lot #410.
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| 1797 Low Head, Plain Edge | 35110 | 1797 | 1/2C | VG8BN | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Stickney; Chapman (1907); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,430. Lot #412.
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1797 1 above 1 | 1042 | 1797 | 1/2C | MS64+ BN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
PCGS grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $19,800. Lot #409. Pedigreed 11/7/18.
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| 1797 Lettered Edge | 35113 | 1797 | 1/2C | VF35BN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Alvord; Chapman (1924); "Barr"; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $22,000. Lot #411.
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| 1797 Gripped Edge | 1797 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1800 | 35119 | 1800 | 1/2C | MS64BN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $13,750. Lot #413.
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| 1802/O Reverse of 1802 | 35125 | 1802/0 | 1/2C | F12BN | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,650. Lot #414.
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| 1802/O Reverse of 1800 | 1802/0 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1803 | 35134 | 1803 | 1/2C | MS62BN | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $4,620. Lot #416.
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| 1804 Plain 4, No Stems | 35176 | 1804 | 1/2C | MS62BN | 4 | 4 | 40 | 113 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,970. Lot #422.
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| 1804 Plain 4, Stems | 35170 | 1804 | 1/2C | VF35BN | 2 | 8 | 6 | 36 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Bauer; Green (1905); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $467.50. Lot #424.
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| 1804 Crosslet 4, Stems | 35155 | 1804 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,520. Lot #420.
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| 1804 Crosslet 4, No Stems | 35173 | 1804 | 1/2C | AU58BN | 1 | 8 | 16 | 54 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Stickney; Chapman (1907); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $825. Lot #423.
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| 1804 Spiked Chin | 35167 | 1804 | 1/2C | MS62BN | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,640. Lot #419.
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| 1805 Small 5, No Stems | 35179 | 1805 | 1/2C | MS60BN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $715. Lot #425.
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| 1805 Small 5, Stems | 1805 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1805 Large 5, Stems | 1805 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1806 Small 6, No Stems | 35191 | 1806 | 1/2C | MS64BN | 2 | 3 | 13 | 49 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,190. Lot #426.
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| 1806 Small 6, Stems | 1806 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1806 Large 6, Stems | 35201 | 1806 | 1/2C | MS63RB | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,640. Lot #427.
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| 1807 | 35203 | 1807 | 1/2C | XF45BN | 1 | 15 | 35 | 162 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Wetmore; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $495. Lot #428.
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| 1808 | 35206 | 1808 | 1/2C | AU58BN | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Stickney; Chapman (1907); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,410. Lot #431.
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| 1808/7 | 35212 | 1808/7 | 1/2C | XF40BN | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Alvord; Chapman (1924); unknown; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,300. Lot #429.
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| 1809 Normal Date | 35227 | 1809 | 1/2C | MS65BN | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,320. Lot #433.
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| 1809 Circle in 0 | 1809 | 1/2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1809/6 9 over inverted 9 | 35233 | 1809/6 | 1/2C | AU50BN | 4 | 13 | 51 | 143 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Blair; Steigerwalt (1896); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $495. Lot #432.
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| 1810 | 35236 | 1810 | 1/2C | MS65BN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Brown; Chapman (1897); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,080. Lot #434.
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| 1811 | 35239 | 1811 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Alvord; Chapman (1924); Sears; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $9,900. Lot #435.
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| 1825 | 35249 | 1825 | 1/2C | MS65+ BN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
PCGS grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,960. Lot #438. Pedigreed 7/23/14.
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| 1826 | 35253 | 1826 | 1/2C | MS66RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Blair; Steigerwalt (1896); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,540. Lot #439.
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| 1828 13 Stars | 35263 | 1828 | 1/2C | MS65RD | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $4,840. Lot #440.
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| 1828 12 Stars | 35264 | 1828 | 1/2C | MS63BN | 2 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $4,840. Lot #441.
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| 1829 | 35267 | 1829 | 1/2C | MS64BN | 4 | 3 | 39 | 59 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,960. Lot #442.
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| 1832 | 35274 | 1832 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $6,820. Lot #446.
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| 1833 | 35282 | 1833 | 1/2C | MS64BN | 7 | 4 | 89 | 190 |
Assumed grade. Eliasberg actually had a Choice Proof. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $3,740. Lot #447.
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| 1834 | 35286 | 1834 | 1/2C | MS65RB | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Wilson; Chapman; Clapp; Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,640. Lot #448.
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| 1835 | 35289 | 1835 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 2 | 3 | 126 | 89 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,980. Lot #449.
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| 1849 | 35318 | 1849 | 1/2C | AU50BN | 1 | 14 | 39 | 389 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $467.50. Lot #472.
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| 1850 | 35322 | 1850 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PCGS grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,430. Lot #473.
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| 1851 | 35325 | 1851 | 1/2C | MS65RB | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
PCGS grade. Ex. Blair; Steigerwalt (1896); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,310. Lot #474. Pedigree 9/27/06.
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| 1853 | 35327 | 1853 | 1/2C | MS66BN | 1 | 0 | 14 | 67 |
Estimated grade. Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $2,200. Lot #477.
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| 1854 | 35331 | 1854 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 3 | 2 | 86 | 54 |
Assumed grade. Eliasberg actually had a Choice Proof. Ex. Blair; Steigerwalt (1896); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $9,680. Lot #478.
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| 1855 | 35334 | 1855 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 2 | 0 | 147 | 315 |
Assumed grade. Eliasberg actually had a Gem Proof. Ex. Wetmore; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $6,380. Lot #479.
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| 1856 | 35337 | 1856 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 4 | 1 | 36 | 18 |
Assumed grade. Eliasberg actually had a Gem Proof. Ex. Smith; Chapman (1906); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $8,580. Lot #480.
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| 1857 | 35340 | 1857 | 1/2C | MS64RB | 2 | 1 | 56 | 23 |
Estimated grade. Ex. Blair; Steigerwalt (1896); Clapp to LE (1942). Sold by Bowers & Merena May '96 price realized $1,430. Lot #481.
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