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1795 50C 3 Leaves Fine 15 ICG

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1795 50C 3 Leaves Fine 15 ICG
<B>1795 50C 3 Leaves Fine 15 ICG.</B></I> O-111, High R.4. This is the famous 1795 Three Leaves variety, with triple leaf clusters inside the wreath below each wing. It stands as an important <I>Guide Book</B></I> variety, and it is considered by some to be a separate design type. Just a single reverse die is known to represent this type, and it was combined with only one obverse die, thus O-111 is the only Three Leaves die variety. The obverse die is also distinctive, with the date sharply recut, the first impression nearly touching the border.<BR>A heavy curved die crack from the border through the left side of the first S continues through the wreath, the eagle's wing, and the eagle's body, to the uppermost tailfeather. The area above this crack is on a higher plane. Note that the wing and breast feathers below the crack are nicely detailed and those above the crack are entirely flat.<BR>Both sides have the usual minor blemishes on pleasing pewter-gray surfaces with deeper gold, blue, and iridescent toning that outlines the devices and hugs the borders. Full borders are evident on the obverse and reverse with a smattering of faint adjustment marks along the reverse border.<BR>Haseltine-23; Beistle 4-H; Overton-27; Hilt 16-Y; PCGS# 6053; Encyclopedia-4563.<BR><I>Ex: Robert Zornes.<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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