Lot 209
1811 Classic Head Half Cent. . C-2. Del Bland graded Fine-12. Sharpness of VF-35 but lightly porous with heavier porosity from back of the head through stars eight and nine and a vertical line of small nicks across the bust to the chin. Dark steel brown.
Tensions were mounting between England and America in 1809-10. A trade blockade was enacted, which naturally cut off the supply of half cent planchets from English supplier Boulton & Watt to the Philadelphia Mint. The last shipment of planchets was used to coin 1811 half cents, with a mintage of just 63,140, as the events that led up to the War of 1812 unfolded. Half cent production then ceased until 1825 when demand for the denomination returned.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
Ex: Ira S. Reed 7/30/45 as "Unc." for $30.
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