1805/4 50C MS(PCGS#6070)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

1332

Erhaltungsgrad

VF20

Preis

4.800

Losbeschreibung

1805/4 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-103a, T-11. Rarity-5+. VF-20 (PCGS). Deeply toned in steel blue shades with subtle apricot highlights across the devices. Evenly worn but still nicely defined for the variety, showing the usual softness at E of LIBERTY. A few scattered marks are visible in the fields but none are individually distracting. The beginning of a cud is readily evident on this middle die state example equivalent to Tompkins Die Stage 3/2. The obverse cracks are well formed though the cud at stars 1 and 2 is not as prominent as it becomes in later states. Overton-103a is one of the scarcer die marriages of the 1805-dated half dollar issue, representing an intermediate state between the unshattered dies (O-103) and the even rarer terminal state (O-103b). Seldom do examples of either the O-103a or O-103b come to market, making this an important offering for specialists. PCGS# 6070. NGC ID: 24EH. Click here for certification details from PCGS.