1828 Classic Head Half Cent - Brunk O-4 */O&G/**
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Values as of May 2026 — estimates reflect typical grades (G-4 through MS-67). Coins in lower or exceptional grades may fall outside this range.
Description
This 1828 Classic Head Half Cent bears a merchant counterstamp attributed to */O&G/**, cataloged as Brunk O-4. Counterstamps were applied to circulating coins by merchants, silversmiths, and tradesmen as a form of portable advertising — the business card of early America. The */O&G/** stamp was punched into the coin after it left the Mint, repurposing it as a merchant advertising piece. The host coin is a 1828 cent from the Classic Head Half Cents 1809-1836 series. The host coin's original mintage was 147,672, though counterstamped examples represent only a tiny fraction of survivors. Struck in copper, 23 mm in diameter. Cataloged as PCGS #888995. Counterstamped coins documented in Gregory G. Brunk's "American and Canadian Countermarked Coins" sit at the intersection of numismatics and Americana — each piece is a primary-source historical document of early American commerce. The counterstamp adds a unique layer of provenance that distinguishes this coin from all other examples of its type.
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