1830 50C Small 0 MS(PCGS#6156)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

2135

Erhaltungsgrad

MS64+

Preis

3.600

Losbeschreibung

Overton calls this the "Medium 0" variety, but PCGS only acknowledges the Small 0 and Large 0 varieties of the 1830 half dollar, and designates this piece on the holder as a Small 0. A wonderfully original near-Gem, the obverse exhibits iridescent copper-rose peripheral toning while the reverse is more boldly patinated in copper-gray. Both sides are smooth and satiny with a sharp strike by the standards of the die marriage (the horizontal stripes in the shield are always blunt). The Spring 2025 revision to Stephen J. Herrman's <em>Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars: 1794-1839</em> includes this coin in the Condition Census for the 1830 O-119 dies, in which it is tied for CC#2. Among the finest known for this otherwise readily obtainable die pairing, as such, this coin is sure to catch the eye of both advanced type collectors and Bust half dollar variety enthusiasts. Die State 119.1.