1794 50C O-101a MS(PCGS#39201)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2111

Grade

VG8

Price

8,225

Lot Description

1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. O-101a. Rarity-3+. VG-8 (PCGS). The offered coin is attractive golden-gray toned example of the very first year and die variety in the half dollar denomination. The obverse is the Flowing Hair style and the reverse shows a delicately-engraved eagle perched within a wreath. The impressions of both dies show good centering, and the reverse exhibits complete dentilation. This issue is doubly appealing; not only is it a highly-desirable two-year design type, it was also produced during the first year of the half dollar denomination at the newly-established Philadelphia Mint. PCGS# 6051.