1809 1/2C C-1, BN XF45BN Certification #34445781, PCGS #35218
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Charles Morgan
The 1809 Classic Head Half Cent, C-1
Rarity 4+ | Eckberg 2-B. The C-1 is the rarest die marriage of the 1809 Half Cent (#1123), with an estimated surviving population of around 60 coins according to experts like Bill Eckberg. While its scarcity was somewhat overestimated through the 1980s, it remains unknown in Mint State — notably, the C-1 die marriage was absent even from the legendary D. Brent Pogue Collection.
Die Diagnostics
- Obverse 2: Normal Date, with the tops of 809 forming an even plane.
- Reverse B: Top leaf rests directly below the right border of the S in STATES; the letter F in OF is positioned at 1 o'clock.
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#1 PCGS AU55
John Gulde, circa 1973; As PCGS AU55 #30451273. “The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection,” Heritage Auctions, August 22, 2022, Lot 3083 – $36,000. C-1. Manley Die State 2.0. |
#2 PCGS AU50
Steve Fischer; James R. McGuigan; R. Tettenhorst (Bernard Edison), by sale, August 1985; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; “The Missouri Cabinet Collection,” Goldberg Auctioneers, January 2014, Lot 92. As PCGS AU55 #32708221. “D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V,” Stack’s Bowers / Sotheby’s, March 31, 2017, Lot 5059 – $28,200. As PCGS AU50 #53637125. C-1. |
#3 PCGS XF45
"The RUATWINCOIN Collection" (PCGS Set Registry). C-1. |
#4 PCGS VF35
C-1. |