1806 50C O-111 MS(PCGS#39336)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1336

Grade

VF30

Price

1,800

Lot Description

1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-111, T-11. Rarity-3. 6/Inverted 6. VF-30 (PCGS). Overall dove-grey with darker slate color shadowing the devices. Nicely struck for the variety, with the typical softness at the rightmost clouds but uniform sharpness elsewhere. Minor scattered marks show under magnification though the complexion is smooth and well-composed in-hand. This is an intermediate die state equivalent to Tompkins Die Stage 4/4, featuring a dramatic bisecting crack on the obverse and a cud over E of UNITED on the reverse. In the latest stages, a second cud develops on the reverse above UN which has been designated O-111b, though Tompkins notes that this is "the most difficult [state] to acquire." Provenance: From the Sutton Court Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of June 1987. PCGS# 39336. NGC ID: CZEY. Click here for certification details from PCGS.