1843-O 50C MS(PCGS#6244)

Spring 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3117

Grade

MS66

Price

17,400

Lot Description

Finest Certified 1843-O Half Dollar The Eugene H. Gardner Specimen 1843-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1. Rarity-4. MS-66 (NGC). A satiny Gem with rich gold, violet, and neon-blue iridescence on frosty, highly lustrous surfaces. Sharply struck as well, with even the finest design details boldly rendered. The 1843-O is one of the more plentiful New Orleans Mint half dollars from the 1840s, the mintage a respectable 2,268,000 pieces. This comment applies only to circulated coins, however, as in Mint State this issue is very scarce with a Rarity-5+ rating per Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert (The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars, 1993). At the pinnacle of the certificated grading scale for the issue, the Gardner specimen offered here is a landmark condition rarity fit for inclusion in the finest collection of Liberty Seated and/or New Orleans Mint silver coinage. Provenance: From our (Stack's) Medio and Da Costa Gomez Collections sale, June 2004, lot 1031; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II, October 2014, lot 98480. Combined PCGS and NGC Population: 1; 0 finer. PCGS# 6244. NGC ID: 24GY. Click here for certification details from NGC.