1806/5 50C O-101 MS(PCGS#39296)

The Regency Auction 47

Auctioneer

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

Lot Number

23

Grade

MS63

Price

76,375

Lot Description

Ex Garrett and Pogue Collections, as noted on the insert. WOW! This is one of the FINEST KNOWN examples of the O-101 die marriage and boasts an extensive provenance that dates back to 1885! Four die marriages featuring the 6/5 overdate are known, each using two different obverse dies. The O-101 is listed as a Rarity-3, and this one is the FINEST listed in the Tompkins Census and the finest listed in Stephen Herrman's AMBPR. Featuring a strong strike which is much better than typically seen, the central devices are nicely rendered, save for the eagle's left wing, that shows a touch of bluntness. Otherwise Liberty's hair curls are essentially fully rendered and the central reverse is likewise bold with the shield and neck feathers visible. The surfaces have a glowing, satiny finish in the fields. Both sides are warmly toned in a lilac-tinged pearly-dove patina. As you rotate the coin in the light the underlying brilliance accents blue, antique-golden silver, and pale-green that can be seen at the peripheries. A strong glass reveals a few very tiny ticks, randomly scattered about in the fields, appropriate for the assigned grade. The eye appeal is truly special and this is a very high end coin worthy of the finest of early half dollar cabinets. Ex Edwin Wight Collection, W. Elliot Woodward, February 1885, lot 137; T. Harrison Garrett Collection; Garrett Family Collection, gifted to The Johns Hopkins University in 1942; Bowers & Ruddy's sale of the Garrett Collection, Part I, November 1979, lot 282; David Queller Collection; Stack's sale of the Queller Collection, October 2002, lot 40; D. Brent Pogue Collection; D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part I, May 2015, lot 1111; to our consignor. PCGS 2, NGC 1, CAC 3. This is the most recent example to sell in auction, realizing $48,469 in the above mentioned May 2015 Pogue sale. The current PCGS Price Guide value is listed at $45,000 and the CAC CPG value is listed at $62,100. There are just two coins graded higher among all 06/5 varieties, the finest being the Atwater-Hawn-Kaselitz MS66 O-104 (which sold for $193,875 in July 2015). This is an AMAZING opportunity for the specialist, one that will not appear again any time soon! Good luck! Cert. Number 60051705 PCGS # 39296.00