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Entry Details

PCGS Number: 1251
Coin Date: 1840
Denomination (Short): 1/2c
Denomination (Long): Half Cent
Variety: Restrike
Variety 2: Reverse of 1856
Desg: PR
Composition: Copper
Mintage: 12-17 known
Strike Type: Proof
Coinage Type: Braided Hair
Coinage Years: 1840-1857
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 23.5
Fineness: 0
Weight (Grams): 5.44
Weight (Ounces): 0
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Edge: Plain Edge
Obverse Description: Lady Liberty is portrayed with hair tied in a bun, facing left, in what is referred to as the so-called braided hair style. The word LIBERTY appearing on her headband. 13 stars appear continuously around the periphery with the date at the bottom.
Reverse Description: The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the periphery surround a wreath framing the words HALF CENT. The wreath is tied by a bow at the bottom.
General Notes: This restrike issue is certainly few and far between but is not quite as scarce as its original issue counterpart. The restrike version variety of the 1840 Proof Half Cent is of the Braided Hair design on the obverse and far smaller berries on the reverse. There are also some other reverse diagnostics to tell it apart from the original. The mintage was composed of just 20 coins in total of which it is estimated that all have survived. Overall, this is just a very scarce type worth anywhere between four thousand to over twenty thousand dollars depending on the grade.
NGC ID: 26Z5

1840 1/2c Restrike Reverse of 1856 BN

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
PR60	$5,000.00
PR61	$6,000.00
PR62	$7,000.00
PR63	$8,000.00
PR64	$10,000.00
PR65	$13,800.00
PR66	$16,200.00
PR60 CAC	$6,000.00
PR61 CAC	$7,200.00
PR62 CAC	$8,400.00
PR63 CAC	$9,600.00
PR64 CAC	$12,000.00
PR65 CAC	$16,600.00
PR66 CAC	$19,400.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1840 1/2 C Second Restrike, B-3, R.6, PR65 Brown PCGS. CAC.	65	$9,000	08/17/23
	1840 1/2 C Second Restrike, B-3, R.6, PR65 Brown PCGS. CAC.	65	$10,000	02/27/23
	1840 Second Restrike (Reverse of 1840), B-3, C-SR17, High R.6, PR65 Brown PCGS. Our EAC Grade PR60.	65	$12,600	08/22/22
	1840 Braided Hair Half Cent. First Restrike. B-2. Rarity-7+. Small Berries (Reverse of 1856). Proof-65 BN (PCGS). CAC.	65	$11,400	11/23/21
	1/2C 1840 RESTRIKE. PCGS PR65 BN	65	$12,500	05/18/17
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR65 Brown PCGS. B-3, Low R.7. In 1840, the new Braided Hair design was introduced to the half cents, h	65	$12,650	09/16/06
	1840 Braided Hair Half Cent. Second Restrike. B-3. Rarity-6+. Small Berries, Reverse of 1840. Proof-66 BN (PCGS).	66	$12,000	08/17/21
	1840 1/2 C Reverse of 1840 PR66 Brown PCGS. CAC. Second Restrike, B-3 (1-C), R.6.	66	$16,800	09/06/19
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1840 1/2c Restrike Reverse of 1856 BN	66	$26,450	01/27/14
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1840 1/2c Restrike Reverse of 1856 BN	66	$20,125	01/27/14
	1840 Braided Hair Half Cent. Second Restrike. B-3. Rarity-6. Small Berries. Proof-62 BN (PCGS).	62	$9,400	03/31/16
Superior	1840 1/2c Restrike Reverse of 1856 BN	63	$5,175	05/27/03
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR64 Brown PCGS. B-3, Low R.7. With	64	$3,910	07/30/02
HA	1840 Second Restrike, B-3, High R.6, PR66 Brown NGC. CAC. Our EAC grade PR60.	66	$12,600	04/23/21
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR66 Brown NGC. CAC. Second Restrike, B-3, R.6.	66	$18,800	01/12/14
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR66 Brown NGC. B-3, Low R.7. Of the	66	$7,762	08/21/04
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR66 Brown NGC. B-3, Low R.7. Of the	66	$7,475	11/07/03
HA	1840 First Restrike, B-2, High R.7, PR65 Brown NGC. CAC. Our EAC grade PR60.	65	$12,000	04/23/21
HA	1840 First Restrike, B-2, High R.7, PR65 Brown NGC. CAC. Our EAC grade PR60.	65	$11,100	04/23/21
HA	1840 1/2 C Restrike PR63 Brown NGC. B-3, R.6.	63	$9,106	08/05/12
HA	1840 1/2 C Second Restrike PR63 Brown NGC.	63	$6,325	06/02/08
Scotsman	1840 1/2c Restrike Reverse of 1856 BN	61	$6,038	10/15/10

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