halfdollar Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 The auction stated "Pair of 1788-Dated Massachusetts Coinage Restrikes by Evans. Red Uncirculated. Breen-972/973. A beautiful 1/2 Cent and Cent pairing with mostly orange-red surfaces. According to Walter Breen, these were struck sometime after WWII by Springfield, Massachusetts coin dealer Henry Evans. Examples are scarcely seen and seldom offered at auction." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelheadwill Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks for posting, i picked up a lovely red HalfCent for a song, not much info available on these, though i'm sure they will appreciate in value. Best wishes, Herbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelheadwill Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 More info: Breen assigned #972 for the half cent and #973 to the 1¢ restrike in his Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins, and supposedly made the comment: "these were struck sometime after WWII by Springfield, Massachusetts coin dealer Henry Evans in the late 1940's or early 1950's" and "examples are scarcely seen and seldom offered at auction". The restrike was supposedly listed in the Red Book through the 1960's and is highly collectable copy. Sometimes listed as "Evans" rather than the correct Evanson attribution. The single set of each of the dies (one cent and half cents were struck) had been defaced and destroyed years ago.\ Here's some pix of my halfcent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Neat coins and terrific information. I somehow missed the original post. Sure wouldn't mind having one of those in my collection. steelheadwill - Hello and welcome to CoinPeople. Glad you're here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfdollar Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 More info: Breen assigned #972 for the half cent and #973 to the 1¢ restrike in his Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins, and supposedly made the comment: "these were struck sometime after WWII by Springfield, Massachusetts coin dealer Henry Evans in the late 1940's or early 1950's" and "examples are scarcely seen and seldom offered at auction". The restrike was supposedly listed in the Red Book through the 1960's and is highly collectable copy. Sometimes listed as "Evans" rather than the correct Evanson attribution. The single set of each of the dies (one cent and half cents were struck) had been defaced and destroyed years ago.\ Here's some pix of my halfcent... Thanks for the added information. I had a plastic holder made for them and still have to get it inscribed. I was also able to acquire another pair, so now I have two of each. I really enjoy them. Here is the layout for the holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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