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1849 1/2c Original Small Date BN

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
XF45 $6,000.00
PR63 $12,000.00
PR64 $14,400.00
PR65 $38,400.00
XF45 CAC $7,200.00
PR63 CAC $13,800.00
PR64 CAC $17,300.00
PR65 CAC $46,100.00

Apr Data

9 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1849 Original 1/2c PR BN Small Date 65 Ira & Larry Goldberg 48,300 01/27/2014
    1849 Original 1/2c PR BN Small Date 65 Ira & Larry Goldberg 36,800 01/27/2014
    1/2C 1849 SMALL DATE, ORIGINAL. PCGS PR65 BN CAC 65 Legend 32,000 05/18/2017
    1849 Small Date, Original, B-1, C-PO10, R.6, PR64 Brown PCGS. Our EAC Grade PR60. CAC. 64 HA 14,400 08/22/2022
    1849 1/2 C Small Date, Original PR64 Brown PCGS. B-1, R.6. Our EAC Grade PR62. 64 HA 9,562 10/27/2014
    1849 1/2 C Restrike, Small Date PR65 Brown NGC. 65 HA 6,500 11/06/2004
    1849 1/2 C Small Date PR45 NGC. Large Berries. Breen-1, Low R.7. The production of half cents for circulation resumed in 18 45 HA 5,175 06/02/2007
    1849 1/2 C Small Date, Original PR45 NGC. B-1, R.6. 45 HA 3,840 09/06/2019
    1849 Original 1/2c PR BN Small Date 63 Superior 3,680 05/27/2003
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 1302
      Coin Date: 1849
      Denomination (Short): 1/2c
      Denomination (Long): Half Cent
      Variety: Original
      Variety 2: Small Date
      Desg: PR
      Composition: Copper
      Mintage: 12
      Strike Type: Proof
      Coinage Type: Braided Hair
      Coinage Years: 1840-1857
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 23.5
      Weight (Grams): 5.44
      Designer: Christian Gobrecht
      Edge: Plain Edge
      Obverse Description: Lady Liberty is portrayed with hair tied in a bun, facing left, in what is referred to as the so-called braided hair style. The word LIBERTY appearing on her headband. 13 stars appear continuously around the periphery with the date at the bottom.
      Reverse Description: The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the periphery surround a wreath framing the words HALF CENT. The wreath is tied by a bow at the bottom.
      General Notes: The original version variety of the 1849 Proof Half Cent is of the Braided Hair design on the obverse and large round berries on the reverse. The original mintage in 1849 was just 12 coins in total of which it is estimated that all have survived. Overall, this is a very rare low mintage coin worth anywhere between five thousand to over forty thousand dollars. The Small Date version of this original date proof Half Cent is the scarcer of the two with the other being the Large Date.
      PCGS #: 1302
      NGC ID: 26ZL
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