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PCGS Number: 11777 Coin Date: 1856 Denomination (Short): P1/2c Denomination (Long): Pattern Half Cent Variety: Copper-Nickel Variety 2: J-177 Desg: PR Composition: Copper-Nickel Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1856 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Plain General Notes: 1856 Half Cent. Struck from regular dies. Trial pieces made to the extent of at least 50 pieces, apparently in two slightly differing copper-nickel alloys: one with 88% copper, 12% nickel alloy; the other 90% copper, 10% nickel alloy. These are impossible to distinguish today except by elemental analysis. Some auction listings may represent misattributed examples. PCGS #: 11777 NGC ID: 29AV
