1795 Half Eagle

HBCC#:

3034

Breen#:

6412

BD#:

2

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

Although Walter Breen classified this as his 1-C variety, this coin was struck prior to those displayed above at HBCC-3032 and 3033. This shares the same obverse die, but does not have any trace of a short die crack from the border to star 12 at 3:00. These 1795 Small Eagle half eagles are conveniently classified in two groups, featuring wide dates and close dates. This obverse is part of the wide date group quickly recognized as the lower left star is partially below the hair curl. Walter Breen speculated that the wide date coins were struck first.

Provenance:

Purchased from Kagin's, October 1, 1977.

Obverse:

Reverse:

Commentary:

"Obverse: LIBERTY repunched. Date numerals apart, evenly spaced. Top point of 5 overlies drapery. No crack at star 12. Reverse: 4 berries. Leaves run into bottom of U and left base of N. Rust lumps. Lapped."