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1805/4 50C AU55 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1805/4 50C AU55 NGC
<B>1805/4 50C AU55 NGC.</B></I> O-102, R.3. This reverse is easily differentiated from Obverse 1 by the lack of the half berry, the top and bottom berries lacking a stem, and the middle two berries having long stems. Additionally, the inner right serif of the A's are broken off. This reverse die was also used for O-108, 110, and 114 with little evidence of further deterioration.<BR> This is an important early die state with no evidence of the usual die crack on the obverse from the border through star 2. The curved die lines below the date are constant, as on O-101. The reverse has a crack from the border to the left serif of the U in UNITED, another at the tops of TES, and a third from the right wing tip to the tops of AME. <BR> Pleasing light pewter-gray surfaces are accented by hints of gold and iridescent toning on each side. Nearly full luster remains evident with trivial surface marks of little significance. Second finest of those that have been sold in recent years. An NGC AU58 has appeared in three different sales recently, and the next best to appear in auction this century is an AU50 that failed to find a buyer.<BR> Haseltine-1; Beistle 1-B; Overton-3; PCGS# 39291; Encyclopedia-4574.<BR><I>Ex: Michael Summers (2001).<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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