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1794 50C VF20 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:15,300.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1794 50C VF20 PCGS
<B>1794 50C VF20 PCGS.</B></I> O-106a, R.6. It was not until the fourth edition of Overton (2005), that the importance of this die state was rewarded with its own separate listing. The obverse has a heavy crack from the border to the base of I in LIBERTY, the top of Liberty's head just below the forelock, to star 10 and on to the border. Clash marks are visible along the upper edge of this crack to the left, but they stop perfectly at the crack, meaning the clash marks occurred after the die crack and are only visible on the part of the die that was on a slightly higher plane. The reverse is perfect, apparently as always in this die marriage.<BR> This piece is second finest known for the die state and probably about seventh or eighth finest for the variety. The Overton Collection coin is the only finer late die state piece that has been cataloged for auction in recent years.<BR> Both sides have intermingled steel and light gray, with lighter silver color on the devices. A few central obverse adjustment marks are evident, and both sides have the usual quota of slight circulation marks, but none are significant. <BR> Haseltine-6; Beistle 3a-A; Overton-13; Hilt 3-D; PCGS# 6051, 39208; Encyclopedia-4550.<BR><I>Ex: David Hall Rare Coins; Bowers and Merena (6/2003), lot 545; Harry Laibstain (6/2003).<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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