1852-O 50C MS(PCGS#6269)

1852-O 50C MS (PCGS#6269)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Lot Description: Offered is one of the finest known examples of this key date Liberty Seated half dollar issue. It is a smartly impressed near-Gem with only the lightest champagne-gold iridescence denying full mint brilliance. Both sides are sharply struck throughout the design with uncommonly well composed surfaces that readily uphold the validity of the desirable MS-64 grade from PCGS.<p>Half dollar production at the New Orleans Mint continued to plummet through 1852, when the Louisiana facility turned out only 144,000 pieces. With many of these coins presumably lost through exportation and/or melting, it is little wonder that Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert (<em>The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars</em>, 1993) describe the 1852-O thus: "The scarcest O-mint, excluding some of the early rare varieties. Underrated. Very few mint state examples are known." Indeed, this important Choice Uncirculated coin is one of the few Mint State examples that your cataloger (JLA) has handled in recent years. A highlight of our current Showcase Auction, and sure to see spirited bidding among both Liberty Seated and New Orleans Mint specialists.<p>This lot includes a custom plastic holder in which the coin was housed prior to being certified by PCGS. The holder is printed in gold lettering 1852-O / LIBERTY SEATED HALF DOLLAR / MINT STATE / ONLY 1 KNOWN IN THIS CONDITION / EXTREMELY RARE / PEDIGREE / AMERICAN AUCTION ASSOCIATION / NUMISMATIC GALLERY. (Total: 1 coin; 1 holder)