1797 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-1. Rarity-2. 1 Above 1--Overstruck on a Cut-Down Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent--AG-3 (PCGS).
87.1 grains. A neat add-on to any collection of Talbot, Allum & Lee cents, an example of the early U.S. Mint utilizing cut-down examples of these tokens as planchet stock for federal half cents. TAL undertype is found on many 1795 and 1797 half cent varieties. Here, portions of TALBOT ALLUM are seen at the right obverse border, and a portion of COMMERCE at the lower right reverse border. The popular 1 Above 1 variety and the coin is choice, light brown and technically better than the assigned grade when taking the late die state and undertype into consideration.
PCGS# 1042. NGC ID: 2228.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Christopher B. Young, April 1995.

Estimate: $550