Lot 215
Half Cent Blank Planchet with Narrow Upset Rims, Stage II, NGC certified as "Mint Error". Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. No spots, stains, or other defects, just the usual microscopic imperfections always present on unstruck planchets. This planchet is essentially as made. The rims are upset, ready for striking. The diameter suggests this planchet was made for the half cents of 1849-1857 because the half cents of earlier years have a very slightly larger diameter. Diameter 22.5 millimeters and weight 83.1 grains versus the standard of 84.0 grains. Unstruck planchets for half cents are considerably rarer than those made for large cents, and this is a nice one. Our "grade" is AU50. The Blank Planchet Mint Error status is shown on the NGC label. Comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Massachusetts Historical Society, Stack's 3/29/1973:143-the Missouri Cabinet (item #58.1.1), Davy Collection Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2011:453 (lot ticket included).
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