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1805/4 50C AU55 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:18,100.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1805/4 50C AU55 PCGS
<B>1805/4 50C AU55 PCGS.</B></I> O-103, High R.5. This is the rare overdate variety, and an early die state without evidence of the triangular die crack sometimes seen at the lower left obverse. A hairline crack begins just left of Liberty's middle hair curls, and curves up through the hair and across the cheek, eventually to star 8 and the Y, to the border. <BR> Both sides have light silver-gray surfaces with nearly complete luster. A few faint hairlines are to be expected for a coin from this era. Otherwise, the surfaces are quite pleasing overall. Both sides have mottled peripheral toning with pale gold and light blue colors.<BR> The O-103 variety is immediately recognized by the wide separation between the lower hair curls and the first star. This is also a "complete" overdate with all of the digit 4 visible beneath the final 5. It is almost certainly the case that this is the single finest known example of the variety. This same coin has been offered for sale at auction three different times in the past four years, reaching a record sale of $23,000 in the 2003 ANA sale.<BR> Haseltine-3; Beistle 2-C; Overton-6; PCGS# 39293; Encyclopedia-4575.<BR><I>Ex:February Long Beach Auction (Heritage, 2/2005), lot 6923.<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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