1801 50C O-101 MS(PCGS#39267)

June 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

2073

Erhaltungsgrad

VF20

Preis

3.360

Losbeschreibung

1801 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-101, T-2. Rarity-2. VF-20 (PCGS). Generally silver-gray and light russet in appearance, this endearing coin exhibits vivid peripheral undertones of gold and blue when the surfaces dip into a light. Pleasingly smooth in hand with appreciable traces of luster peering forth from the fields. After a four year hiatus, half dollar production resumed in 1801 with Scot's Draped Bust obverse and Heraldic Eagle reverse. A single obverse die was paired with two reverse dies to strike all of the 30,289 pieces in three separate deliveries on August 14, December 1, and finally on December 26. Second only to the 1802 half in terms of number coined, the 1801 is of roughly equivalent rarity -- perhaps somewhat more frequently encountered but only marginally so -- and like its younger sibling is also very rare at any grade level of above the basal VF level. Tompkins Die Stage 3/3. Provenance: From the Collection of Silas Stanley Roberts, 1888-1966. PCGS# 6064. NGC ID: 24ED. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.