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1794 50C Good 4 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1794 50C Good 4 PCGS
<B>1794 50C Good 4 PCGS.</B></I> O-110, R.7. Ex: Reiver. Only about five or possibly six examples of this variety are known. According to Jules' envelope, this is the discovery coin for the variety. We believe it to be the first specimen of this rare variety offered at public auction by Heritage Galleries (and the second appearance of this specimen). At any grade level, the O-110 is an obvious and undeniable rarity, which should pique the interest of any early half dollar specialist.<BR> Stars 1 and 15 are connected to Liberty's lowest hair curl and to the point of the bust, respectively. On the reverse, a heavy diametric die crack occurs, from the rim above the first A in AMERICA, extending across the upper reverse, and through the left side of the wreath. It is this curving die crack that fascinates the cataloger, as it appears like a retained cud (two parts of the die on different planes), except that the border is complete and even around much of the circumference, and the weaker details of the retained cud only appear immediately above the crack. It is almost as if the upper part of the die was tilted or canted slightly downward, creating a higher level on the coin, only next to the die crack itself. <BR> Fairly even wear is seen on both sides, and a few of the peripheral devices are partially worn away. The color is light-gray in the centers, deepening to dove-gray in the fields and near the borders. A few shallow indentations and wispy pinscratches are evident on each side.<BR> Not in Haseltine, Beistle, or Overton until the third edition; PCGS# 6051, 39212; Encyclopedia-4552.<BR><I>Ex: Werner; Jules Reiver Collection (Heritage, 1/2006), lot 22479; Discovery coin.<BR>From The Westmoreland County Collection of Early Bust Halves, 1794-1807.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Robert Scot<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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