1818 50C O-104a MS(PCGS#39518)

May 2010 Pre-Long Beach Auction #59

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

532

Grade

MS64BN

Price

1,380

Lot Description

Lot 532 1818 Capped Bust Half Dollar.PCGS graded MS-64 Brown.Lustrous uniform steel brown with satiny mint frost covering the fields and peeps of very faded mint color in a few places on both sides. The only defects are a microscopic planchet chip on the bottom edge of the bust above the first 8 and an extremely light and barely visible rim nick above star 10. MDS. The fields are satiny from fine die flowlines. The doubling on the reverse (from a double-hubbed die) is clear, especially on the berries under TE in UNITED and ST in STATES. Excellent eye appeal. Called MS60 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #27503. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS65BN(NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). Our grade is MS60. Pop 1; 1 in MS66 BN. Only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety.DWH #2957 (PCGS # 39518) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Del Bland 7/26/68-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20113.