Half cents - Cohen/Breen Concordance Wanted 0

[RWB]

Does anyone have a convenient concordance between Cohen and Breen half cent numbers?

Thanks!

Edited September 27, 2021 by RWB

[dleonard-3]

I believe Breen included Cohen numbers in his opinions of die pairings in his Half Cent Encyclopedia.

[Just Bob]

 

On 9/26/2021 at 11:05 AM, RWB said:

Does anyone have a convenient concordance between Cohen and Breen half cent numbers?

Thanks!

The Official Red Book of half & large cents gives Cohen & Breen numbers, as well as Bowers-Whitman numbers. I have a copy. Do you need information about a specific coin or group of coins? Do you need to borrow the book?

[RWB]

Looking for only the proof half cents so just a scan or photo would be great. No going to be published - reference only. I don't have any half cent books. This relates to restrikes and pattern coin sales.

[Just Bob]

I will try to get scans of all the pages on proof half cents. I will have to do it at work, so give me a day or three. If you need something else, let me know.

[Conder101]

You just need it for the Proofs?  For the most part Cohen didn't assign numbers to proof only varieties.

1825 B-2 C-2 proofs and business strikes

1826 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1828 B-2 C-3 proofs and business strikes

1829 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1831 B-1 C-1 proof only (original)

1831 B-2 C- -  first restrike proof, no equivalent C#

1831 B-3 C- - second restrike proof, no equivalent C#

1832 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1832 B-2 C-2 proofs and business strikes

1832 B-3 C-32 proofs and business strikes

1833 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1834 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1835 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1835 B-2 C-2 proofs and business strikes

1836 B-1 C- - proof only (original), no equivalent C#

1836 B=1a C- - first restrike proof, no equivalent C#

1836 B-2 C- - second restrike proof, no equivalent C#

Cohen did not assign numbers to the 1840 48 Proof only issues, originals or restrikes, Breen numbers are

1840 B-1a original

1840 B-1b restrikes Series VII

1840 B2 First Restrike

1840 B-3 Second Restrike

1841 B-1 original

1841 B-2 First Restrike

1841 B-3 Second Restrike

1842 B-1 original

1842 B-2 First Restrike

1842 B-3 Second Restrike

1843 B-1a original

1843 B-1b restrikes Series VII

1843 B2 First Restrike

1843 B-3 Second Restrike

1844 B-1 original

1844 B-2 First Restrike

1844 B-3 Second Restrike

1845 B-1a original

1845 B-1b restrikes Series VII

1845 B2 First Restrike

1845 B-3 Second Restrike

1846 B-1 original

1846 B-2 First Restrike

1846 B-3 Second Restrike

1847 B-1a original

1847 B-1b restrikes Series VII

1847 B2 First Restrike

1847 B-3 Second Restrike

1848 B-1a original

1848 B-1b restrikes Series VII

1848 B2 First Restrike

1848 B-3 Second Restrike

1849 B-1 original

1849 B2 First Restrike

1849 B-4 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1850 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1851 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1852 B-1 original, no equivalent C#

1852 B-2 First Restrike, no equivalent C#

1852 B-3 Second Restrike, no equivalent C#

1852 B-4 restrikes Series VII, no equivalent C#

1854 B-2 C- - proof only, no equivalent C#

1855 B-1 C-1 proofs and business strikes

1856 B-1 C-1  proofs and business strikes

1856 B-2a C- -  proofs and business strikes no equivalent C# (copper)

1856 B-2b C- - Proof only, no equivalent C# (copper nickel 90/10)

1856 B-2c C- - Proof only, no equivalent C# (copper nickel 88/12)

1856 B-3 C- - Proof only, no equivalent C#

1857 B-1 C-1  proofs and business strikes

1857 B-2 C- - Proof only, no equivalent C#

[RWB]

Conder101 - Thanks a bunch. That should take care of it. I appreciate your transcribing all that to post here!

Just Bob - I guess that makes the photocopies unnecessary, but I appreciate the kind offer.

The info is all part of research on coin restrikes and patterns in the 1836-1885 period. Half cent proofs, especially of the 1840s, are being examined as one of the examples.