1808-P Draped Bust

  • Category
    Draped Bust
  • Design
    Early Copper Half Penny (1800-1808)
  • Year
    1808
  • Mint
    Philadelphia
  • Mintage
    400,000
  • Designer
    Robert Scot
  • Composition
    100% Copper
  • Diameter
    23.5mm
  • Weight
    5.44g

One major variety of the 1808 Draped Bust Half Cent (Penny) is the 1808/7 Overdate error. This features an 1808 date struck over an 1807 date which resulted in bits of the underlying "7" appearing just above the last "8" in the date.

Known variants:
Normal Date

The date doesn't have any errors.

8 over 7

Number 8 is struck over number 7 underneath.