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1796 50C 15 Stars--Plugged, Repaired--NCS. Fine

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:16,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1796 50C 15 Stars--Plugged, Repaired--NCS. Fine
<B>1796 50C 15 Stars--Plugged, Repaired--NCS. Fine Details.</B></I> O-101, R.5. Collectors seeking to complete a type set of U.S. coinage face a significant "stopper" in the low-mintage (3,918 pieces) Draped Bust Small Eagle half dollar, bearing the date 1796 or 1797. Consequently, even "impaired" specimens bring strong prices. An ANACS Fine 15, Tooled, Whizzed 1796 15 stars coin, for example, brought $43,125 in our May 2007 Central States Signature sale, and an NCS Fine Details, Repaired, Whizzed piece of the same issue realized $37,260 in our October 2006 Dallas Signature Auction.<BR> The present NCS Fine Details coin was plugged in the upper right obverse border, and most of the letters in LIBERTY were strengthened, as were portions of the lower right wreath on the reverse. The design features display strong definition, most of which is original, save for the few re-engraved elements alluded to above. Localized smoothing is visible in the obverse fields, apparently to remove pockmarks, some of which are seen in the reverse fields. Both sides reveal steel-gray patina, along with blue accents on the obverse. Despite the impairments, this coin will be an appropriate, and "affordable," addition to a U.S. type collection.<BR><I>From The John Stimson, Sr. Collection, Part Two.</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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