拍品描述： 1811 Classic Head Half Cent. C-2. Rarity-3-. Close Date. AU-55 BN (PCGS). CAC.A pleasing and exceptionally sharp example of this Close Date variety with a medley of dark chocolate and hazelnut hues. The surfaces are overall glossy, with a slightly rough texture visible under magnification that stems from the planchet stock. Heavily clashed around the central devices but remaining well defined for the variety. An attractive example with superior technical quality. The reported mintage for half cents during calendar year 1811 is 63,140 pieces. Based on the rarity of survivors bearing this date, however, it seems likely that most of the coins included in that mintage were from earlier-dated dies. In fact, numismatic researcher R.W. Julian has suggested that most of the 63,140 half cents struck in 1811 were dated 1810. Julians estimated mintage for coins actually bearing the 1811 date is on the order of just 25,000 to 30,000 pieces, if not even fewer. Of the two known die marriages Cohen-2, offered here, is slightly more obtainable in todays market overall. However, C-2 is scarcer than C-1 in high grades, according to both Walter Breen (1983) and Ronald P. Manley (1998). The finest examples known to these authors were listed at the AU level, included the Eliasberg, Norweb, Miles-Robison, Miller-French-Clarke, and Hall specimens. Modern certification has declared several of these pieces Mint State, though no more than 5-6 Uncirculated specimens are known today. The present example approaches the bottom ranks of the Condition Census, and just 6 coins have been graded finer by PCGS across both varieties.