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1806 50C J-A1806-1 MS64 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:8,750.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1806 50C J-A1806-1 MS64 PCGS
<B>1806 50C Judd-A1806-1, Pollock-6150, R.7, MS64 PCGS.</B></I> An out-of-mint production using muled and discarded Federal dies. Struck in white metal with a plain edge. The obverse die is an 1806 Pointed 6 bust half, the same used to coin the scarce O-123 and rare O-124 varieties. This obverse die currently reposes in the ANS museum, and is photographed on page 167 of the 4/97 Eliasberg catalog. The reverse die is an 1874 12 cent envelope embossing die bearing the portrait of Henry Clay, Scott design U52.<BR> Per Andrew Pollock, Abe Kosoff in his <I>Illustrated History </B></I>suggests Judd-A1806-1 is a late 19th-century creation struck by coin dealer David Proskey. The half dollar die is evenly rusted, and the Clay die has a number of rust pits, particularly near the portrait. Both impressions are bold aside from the obverse right-side border. The unstruck portions of the planchet have infrequent moderate marks, but the struck portions are splendidly preserved. Judd-A1806-1 is usually seen with a blank reverse (Pollock-6145). Pollock could locate only three examples with the Clay reverse, one of which is struck on a spade-shaped planchet.<BR><I>Ex: Stack's, 9/89, lot 1416.</B></I><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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