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1795 50C Small Head Fine 12 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1795 50C Small Head Fine 12 PCGS
<B>1795 50C Small Head Fine 12 PCGS.</B></I> O-127a, High R.6. Like other examples from Overton's reverse H, this piece exhibits a fine die crack from the lower border that curves into the wreath to the E of UNITED. There is no evidence of the small crack over OF, but this may be due to wear. The obverse die is shattered with a crack from the border to right tip of the 5 and the bust and another the border through star 7 to the back of Liberty's head. Most spectacular are parallel die cracks through Y and star 9, both to Liberty's nose, with the area between these cracks raised to form a retained cud. The interesting conclusion one comes to when studying this coin is that the workhorse reverse die (four die pairings) outlasted the single-use obverse die.<BR> An outstanding example with deep gray surfaces and deeper steel toning near the borders. Aside from a few tiny rim nicks, this piece is essentially flawless. <BR> Haseltine-19; Beistle 19a-Gb; Overton-59; Hilt 25-Z; PCGS# 6054; Encyclopedia-4564.<BR><I>Ex: Michael Summers (5/2005).<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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