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1898-O 50C MS66 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 100,000.00 USD
1898-O 50C MS66 PCGS
<B>1898-O 50C MS66 PCGS.</B></I> One of the scarce and underrated issues in the Barber half series, the 1898-O is usually found in low grades and poorly struck. This coin, of course, is neither. It is one of the finest examples of this semi-key issue we have encountered. The last MS66 we offered was the Price coin in June 2005. <BR> The typical 1898-O is Good-Very Good, even Fine-AU coins are scarce and always worth a premium. At the MS66 level, this is one of only three pieces certified by PCGS with one finer (10/07). NGC has only graded two coins with one finer. The surfaces are brilliant throughout with flashy, satin-like mint luster. The fields display the often-encountered semi-prooflikeness, but here it is on both sides rather than one side as usually seen. The obverse is fully struck, and it is only on the reverse that any trace of softness is noted. An exemplary 1898-O for the collector of this popular series.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Charles E. Barber<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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