1909-O 50C MS(PCGS#6517)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1424

Grade

MS64

Price

4,080

Lot Description

1909-O Barber Half Dollar. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. OGH. Offering exceptional quality and eye appeal for a New Orleans Mint Barber half dollar, this coin displays universally sharp striking detail and full mint luster. Otherwise brilliant, there are some subtle iridescent gold highlights. 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 Choice Mint State example than the Larry H. Miller specimen. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. PCGS Population: 27; 14 finer (MS-67+ finest). PCGS# 6517. NGC ID: 24N9. Click here for certification details from PCGS.