1795 50C Small Head MS(PCGS#6054)

March 2020 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1303

Grade

VG8

Price

1,680

Lot Description

1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. O-126a, T-22. Rarity-4+. Small Head, Two Leaves. VG-8 (PCGS). Moderately and pleasingly toned surfaces exhibit splashes of pinkish-rose, olive and powder blue on a base of silver gray. The strike is well centered, with virtually all design elements boldly outlined; softness to the reverse border from 7 to 12 o'clock is mentioned solely for accuracy. Three distinct die marriages comprise the Small Head subtype of the 1795 half dollar; O-126(a), O-127(a), and O-128. Each variety employs a unique obverse die, which were most likely made by assistant engraver John Smith Gardner from an obverse hub prepared by Chief Engraver Robert Scot. Overton-126a, represented here, is the late state of O-126 and identifiable by a light reverse die crack from the border outside the letters ED in UNITED to the border below the left ribbon end that forms a retained cud. Tompkins Die Stage 1/2. PCGS# 6054. Click here for certification details from PCGS.