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1794 Flowing Hair 50C NGC VF25

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:11,000.00 USD Estimated At:22,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
1794 Flowing Hair 50C NGC VF25
<Our item number 139317><B>1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. O-101, Rarity-3, 10 + 11 berries. NGC graded VF-25.</B> A very pleasing example of our first flowing hair half dollar and evenly struck on a problem free planchet. Nicely toned in shades of greyish-violet and gold. A total 23,464 coins were struck.<BR><BR>This is the most available variety from this scarce initial year, and is a real reward for diligent searching as such. This is also a later die state, with a die break from the rim to the wreath between UNITED and STATES. The subvariety O-101&#40;a&#41;, to which this piece belongs, is most easily distinguished by an additional die crack &#40;as struck&#41; on the reverse, with this die break extending from the rim through the F in OF, then turning upward at a sharp angle to just miss the outer berry, ending at the last S in STATES.<BR><BR>The O-101 marriage is now believed to be one of the final varieties of the 1794 half dollar to be coined, despite Overton&#39;s order of listing <B>&#40;PCGS # 6051 &#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;22,000 - 25,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 139317<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/139317.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/139317N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>