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PCGS Number: 12156 Coin Date: 1795 Denomination (Short): P50c Denomination (Long): Pattern 50 Cents Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-22 Desg: MS Composition: Copper Mintage: Unique Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1795 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Reeded General Notes: Struck in copper from regular dies (Overton-117), made as a pattern to test the dies, then run through compression rollers and used as a planchet strip; a disk for a half cent was cut from it. This pattern half dollar is actually known to us only through traces visible on a half cent. Believed to be unique. PCGS #: 12156
