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1794 50C VF30 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:22,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1794 50C VF30 PCGS
<B>1794 50C VF30 PCGS.</B></I> O-106, Low R.6. Both sides are perfect, and this is important as it demonstrates that the O-106 variety was struck before O-101, both share the same reverse die. <BR> This piece is apparently third finest for the variety. The surfaces have light bluish-gray color with hints of champagne and traces of luster around a few of the peripheral devices. Slight environmental roughness is present on both sides (previously described as a planchet that shows roughness in its preparation), and the central obverse has a series of nearly imperceptible scratches that are only visible with a glass. A few faint adjustment marks are evident on the reverse, through the right facing wing. Nicely struck and well centered with full borders on both sides.<BR> Overton's original description states: "The first reverse die has again brought into use to replace a breaking Reverse E." While this is the same reverse die of O-101 (O-1), it is the initial appearance of this reverse die rather than a later appearance. Haseltine noted that the single piece in his collection was the only one he had seen, and described the reverse as the "same as number 1, but without the crack." Hilt correctly placed this die marriage as first of those from the "Overton A" reverse die.<BR> Haseltine-6; Beistle 3-A; Overton-12; Hilt 3-D; PCGS# 6051, 39208; Encyclopedia-4550. <BR><I>Ex: Julian Leidman (1992); Goldberg Coins (2/2001), lot 1724.<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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