1804 Half Cent

[462]

Just found this about an hour ago, in the front yard of a house that was built the same year the coin was minted. This is my oldest coin so far!

 

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[Bass]

Thats a really nice coin. Congratulations

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[Greylock]

Nice find. My one and only half cent is an 1804

 

[Evolution]

Sweet find! The half cents don't turn up too often. Congrats!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Very nice Draped Bust 1/2 cent! Still hoping to find one--they are not terribly common finds. Congrats!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Sweet find! The half cents don't turn up too often. Congrats!

Nope, they don't show up too often, probably (what's the word ?) because everyone is looking for the high tone.

Great find congrats. AND that's an early one too.
Some advice, crop your pictures down to just the coin (as T-net down sizes the pics.) and add them, you might just get a banner vote, even from those pics. I can tell it's a nice coin.

 

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[Argentium]

That's a rare find in that condition ! American half cents just don't show up here that often - excellent find !!!

 

[hogge]

Real nice! Would like to see closeups. Hogge

 

[recondigger]

Great copper

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[g-olden years]

VERY LOVELY COIN! For those who want a closer look, just click once on each pic to enlarge it. HAVE FUN! Andi

 

[dgrs2]

Awesome find. HH.

 

[Metdet49]

Nice coin 462! Scarce coin that you don't see those posted here too often. I would love to come across one of those.

 

[Bubba65]

Very nice half cent, Congrats I have one and it happens to be an 1804 too. Certainly more where that came from.

 

[Fattony315]

Love those old coins, great job

 

[cti4sw]

I found one of those not too long ago myself. There's a few 1804 varieties, apparently. The one I have is known as a "Stemless Plain 4", which means that the "4" in the date does not have the crosslets on the ends of the 4, it's just plain; and the base of the wreath on the reverse over the 1/200 does not have stems between the ribbon and wreath. Some 1804 HCs have the crosslets with no stems, plain stemless, crosslets with stems, plain with stems. Some very careful dirt removal would be in your best interests, because a decent-condition Stemless Plain 4 can be worth a few hundred bucks.

1804 Draped Bust Half Cent

EDIT: Yours looks like a Crosslet 4 With Stems. I'm no judge of condition, but they're going on eBay for $80-$125 or so in better condition. If you can make out a pronounced die crack protruding from her chin, add about $300 to your value

 

[Ryno]

Very nice find, keep it up

 

[pong12211]

Very nice find.. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the success..

 

[detroitdigger]

Sweeeeet!

 

[terpfan]

Now that's a coin anyone would be proud of! Welcome to TNET, I hope you find a lot more where that came from.