1900-O 50C MS(PCGS#6487)

June 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2131

Grade

MS66

Price

34,160

Lot Description

Offering exceptional quality and eye appeal for a New Orleans Mint Barber half dollar, this coin displays universally sharp strike detail and full mint luster. The surfaces border on pristine and fully untoned with a brilliant appearance.<p>With this year the curtain rings down on New Orleans Mint coinage. The facility was used as a storage depot for many years afterward, then shuttered. Its final contribution to the half dollar series amounted to a mintage of 925,400 pieces and the limited mintage explains why the 1909-O is challenging to locate in the finer circulated grades. In Mint State it numbers among the scarcer late date issues of its type. One would be hard pressed to find a more appealing example in the current market than the Condition Census Gem offered here.