1803 50C O-104, Small 3 MS(PCGS#39274)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7050

Grade

XF45

Price

2,160

Lot Description

1803 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-104, T-4. Rarity-3. Small 3. EF-45 (PCGS). Splashes of steel-olive, russet and olive-gold peripheral toning frame otherwise pewter gray surfaces on both sides of this handsome Choice EF. A planchet drift mark between the digits 80 in the date is as made. The final die marriage struck for the 1803-dated half dollar issue, Overton-104 is the readily attributable as the only Small 3 variety of the date. Tompkins Die Stage 2/1-2. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. PCGS# 39274. NGC ID: 24EF. Click here for certification details from PCGS.