Whitman Expo
1794 Copper Pattern Half Dollar MS BN J-17 Values
Details
Struck from regular dies. Four known pieces are in the form of undertypes on 1795 half cents (the half cents being the Cohen-6a variety, the undertype half dollars being the Overton-101, -104, -105, and -105a die combinations). These half dollars were struck as die trials, and afterward planchets to strike half cents were cut from them. However, certain features of the half dollar inscriptions can still be discerned. In addition, there are two intact specimens (not cut down for use as a half cent) in the Smithsonian Institution and in a Vienna museum, dies of Overton-109 with lettered edges.
Obverse: Most of these have been cut down and used as planchets for half cents.
Basic Information
GSID:
266233
Coin Date:
1794
Denomination:
P50c / Pattern 50 Cents
Designation:
MS
Mint & Coinage Details
Mint Location:
Philadelphia
Mintage:
4 known
Coinage Type:
Pattern
Coinage Years:
1794
Composition:
Copper
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Copper
Variety 2:
J-17
Rarity:
R-7
Physical Characteristics
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Round
