1811 Classic Head Half Cent. C-2. Rarity-3-. Close Date. VF-25 (PCGS).This boldly and evenly toned example is awash in deep olive-copper patina. Fully denticulated around both sides from a well centered strike, the design elements are bold for the assigned grade apart from a touch of softness to the letters along the upper left reverse border. The surfaces are predominantly smooth in hand with only a few sizeable marks, a loupe revealing other wispy blemishes that are easily overlooked. Although federal records provide a mintage figure of 63,140 half cents for calendar year 1811, most of those coins were likely dated 1810. According to R.W. Julian, the mintage for the 1811-dated delivery was likely on the order of just 30,000 pieces, perhaps as few as 25,000 coins. This is a pleasing mid grade survivor of the slightly more obtainable Cohen-2 Close Date die marriage. Manley Die State 2.0.