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1805 50C AU50 ANACS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:110.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1805 50C AU50 ANACS
<B>1805 50C AU50 ANACS.</B></I> O-109a, R.4. A fine example of this later die state O-109 that is characterized by the footless F in OF and the broken inner right serif of the A's on the reverse. As with the coin above, the obverse has light cracks that join most of the stars on each side. The lower part of the reverse has a heavy crack from the border through the rightmost tail feather to the shield, that curves through vertical stripes 5 and 6 to the right shield border, with an equally heavy branch that extends left to the arrows, curves down to the left side of the N and to the border. A faint branch of this second crack extends through the field left of the shield to the third wing feather. Another crack begins at the border through the right side of R in AMERICA to the top leaf point.<BR> Although somewhat bluntly struck, especially on the upper stars on the reverse, this pleasing piece has light silver surfaces with considerable luster and traces of gold toning on the reverse.<BR> With a 53/53 the finest example listed on Stephen Herrman's <I>Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized</B></I>, this AU50 should be second finest known. <BR> Haseltine-5; Beistle 4-E; Overton-17; PCGS# 39283; Encyclopedia-4580.<BR><I>Ex: Sheridan Downey (1/2007).<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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