1809 Classic Head Half Cent. C-3. Rarity-1. MS-64 BN (PCGS). CAC.

1809 Classic Head Half Cent. C-3. Rarity-1. MS-64 BN (PCGS). CAC.，This handsome half cent offers glossy antique copper patina and smooth Choice surfaces. The devices are sharply rendered on both sides. The obverse is well centered on the planchet and the reverse is typically drawn toward 12 oclock with a broad border along the bottom. Cohen-3 is the most available die marriage of the 1809 half cent in Mint State, the variety readily attributable by the placement of Libertys lowest hair curl almost entirely over the digit 0 in the date. This pairing represents the only use of this obverse die. This is a lovely Mint State example of the variety that would also nicely represent the Classic Head half cent series of 1809-1836 in a high grade type set.，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from American Auction Associations Terrell Collection sale, May 1973.，