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1842-O 50C Large date PCGS MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,500.00 USD Estimated At:9,000.00 - 11,000.00 USD
1842-O 50C Large date PCGS MS64
"Christian Gobrecht's original obverse hub for the Seated Liberty half dollar was used from 1839 through early 1842; later in 1842, the Medium Date hub came into use.

The original reverse design of the Seated Liberty half dollar featured small letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and in the denomination HALF DOL.

1842 was something of a transitional year for the seated Liberty half dollar. The Mint jettisoned the Small Date obverse hub in favor of a Medium Date (or as PCGS prefers to call it, Large Date) design, while the Small Letters reverse was also used for the last time. There are two varieties of the 1842-O half dollar, the Small Date, Small Letters variety, and this Medium Date, Large Letters variety. With a mintage of only 203,000 pieces, the former variety has long been priced as the Bell of the Ball issue in this long-lived series, but the Medium Date variety is no wallflower either in Choice Mint State 64 condition. This has warm reddish sunset hues in the undertone, on a base of medium "old silver" gray color. (#5402)<p><i>The Gonzaga Collection</i>