Lot 1440
1836. Reeded edge NGC graded Fine Details. Obverse graffiti. Popular date. Approximately 1,200+ struck. Based on Mint delivery figures for December 1836, and for the first half of 1837, as well as on the relative ratios of the two weights for specimens whose weights are known to us, it is believed that some 200 Halves were struck and delivered in December (on the old standard), and 1,000 more in February 1837 (struck on the new standard). Since the weight differential between the two issues was only one and three-quarters grains, circulation would quickly blur the distinction.
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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| Realized $949 |
