2002 July New York, NY Signature Sale - Day 2

1823 50C AU55 PCGS.<p>O-111a, R.2. Lovely golden-brown and lavender patina. Sharply struck except for central hair curls of Liberty. An attrac...

1823 50C MS62 NGC.<p>O-104, R.3. Medium steel-lilac patina, with an area of darker color near the eagle's head. A well struck example that...

1826 50C AU53 NGC.<p>O-110, R.2. The dusky charcoal patina highlights the sharp details of the devices. Sharply struck except for the stars, w...

1826 50C MS62 ANACS.<p>O-118, R.1. The borders have attractive golden-brown patina. A well struck example that has abundant luster and nicely ...

1826 50C MS67 NGC.<p>O-110, R.2. Curiously, there are a number of high grade survivors known for this variety. The Condition Census is (67, 67...

1829 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-116, High R.3. Deep lavender patina. Well struck except for a portion of the left wing of the eagle. The borders and de...

1829 50C MS65 NGC.<p>O-116, R.4. Quite frankly, we can do no better than to repeat the expert cataloging done for this lot in the Eliasberg ca...

1829/7 50C MS65 NGC.<p>O-102, R.2. A popular overdate and listed in the Redbook. This is one of the finest examples known as seen by the Condi...

1830 50C Large 0 MS61 ANACS.<p>O-122, R.1. The reverse is well struck, but the obverse stars are flat. A lustrous example that has golden-brow...

1831 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-110, R.2. A lightly toned example that has unabraded surfaces. The luster is bright and pervasive. Although the obverse...

1831 50C MS65 NGC.<p>O-109, R.1. The reverse of this important Gem displays pleasing reflectivity in the field with some dappled olive and ora...

1832 50C AU58 NGC, O-115, R.<p>1, the left side stars and PLU in PLURIBUS is softly struck, otherwise a splendid coin; and an 1836 Lettered Ed...

1832 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-122, R.1. Light golden-brown patina at the margins. Richly detailed representative that has pleasing luster and relativ...

1833 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-107, R.3. Lustrous for the grade, with light rub on the cheek and impressively clean fields. The strike is inconsistent...

1833 50C MS63 NGC.<p>O-102, R.1. Attractive golden-brown and aqua-blue patina. A lustrous example that is well struck on the stars and the plu...

1834 50C Large Date, Small Letters MS64 PCGS.<p>O-106, R.1. Some mottled golden-gray patina drifts over the lustrous surfaces. Both sides are ...

1834 50C Large Date, Small Letters MS65 NGC.<p>O-104, R.2. Most easily distinguished by the small tine on the upper left corner of the shield ...

1834 50C Large Date, Small Letters MS65 PCGS.<p>O-106, R.1. This more available die pairing can be recognized by a crude 4 punched over a smal...

1835 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>O-105, R.1. Lustrous for an AU55 with each side covered with light gray-golden patina. Reasonably well struck on the ce...

1835 50C MS65 ICG.<p>O-105, R.1. Overton notes that the obverse stars are "mostly flat" on examples of this common die marriage. If ...

1835 50C MS66 NGC.<p>O-108, R.3. The bright, lustrous surfaces show a bit of light silvery-gray patina on each side, but elsewhere the surface...

1836 50C Lettered Edge AU53 NGC.<p>O-118, R.3. Rich lilac patina, with lighter color where the abundant luster persists. Most of the stars are...

1836 50C Reeded Edge XF40 Uncertified.<p>Subdued lilac patina with hints of luster in the more protected areas. Some wispy slidemarks are note...

1837 50C AU55 PCGS.<p>Well struck with light russet patina. The luster extends into the fields. There are multiple spindly die cracks, as stru...

1837 50C MS64 NGC.<p>We have offered a decent number of near-Gem 1837 Half Dollars over the last 10 years, the last of which (a PCGS coin) rea...

1838 50C AU58 NGC.<p>Light golden-brown and sea-green patina. A richly detailed example. The borders have bright olive-tinged luster. There ar...

1838 50C MS62 PCGS.<p>This is a mostly brilliant, BU quality example with somewhat lackluster surfaces. There are, however, uncommonly few abr...

1838 50C MS65 NGC.<p>While the coming of steam power to the Philadelphia Mint doubtless explains the introduction of Christian Gobrecht's ...

1839-O 50C XF40 ANACS.<p>Breen-4739. The mintmark was originally entered too low, then largely effaced. A faint curve of extra metal still exi...

1839 50C No Drapery AU55 PCGS.<p>Light olive-gray patina. The eagle on the reverse is softly struck, but most of the stars are sharp. The bord...

1839 50C Drapery AU58 PCGS,<p>well struck except for the eagle's left leg, a couple unimportant contact marks, lightly toned with nice lus...

1840 50C Reverse of 1839 AU53 ANACS.<p>Small eagle, small letters. Light peripheral gold patina. The devices and borders have hints of bright ...

1841 50C AU58 Prooflike ANACS.<p>A brilliant example that has little if any rub, but the highly mirrored fields are moderately abraded. The le...

1844 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>Repunched Date. Orange-yellow toning on the rim of both sides. Abrasions in the fields of the obverse and the reverse. ...

1846-O 50C Tall Date XF45 ANACS.<p>Golden-brown and power-blue patina at the borders. Much scarcer than the Medium Date variety. LIBERTY is sh...

1850 50C AU55 NGC.<p>Both sides have faint streaks of russet patina. A well struck coin that has a hint of rub on the knee of Liberty. The lus...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays AU50 ANACS.<p>Lavender-gray example that has brighter color where luster persists. Nicely detailed with relatively cl...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays AU55 PCGS.<p>A lightly toned Half Dollar that has abundant luster. Well struck and problem-free. Struck from lightly ...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays MS64 PCGS.<p>Apparently large numbers of Arrows and Rays Quarters and Halves were saved at the time of issue as these...

1854 50C Arrows MS64 PCGS.<p>This is an evenly patinated, slate-gray example with solid underlying luster. Much better produced than the avera...

1854 50C Arrows MS65 NGC.<p>We expect this lovely example to elicit strong bids from Gem quality type collectors who appreciate the aesthetic ...

1854-O 50C Arrows MS64 PCGS.<p>Uncommonly well struck for a product of the New Orleans Mint, this originally preserved coin belongs in a near-...

1854-O 50C Arrows MS63 Specimen NGC.<p>To our knowledge this is the only specimen 1854-O Half. We were able to trace the pedigree of this uniq...

1855/54 50C Arrows AU55 PCGS.<p>The crossbar of the underlying 4 within the lower loop of the final 5 is especially pronounced on this specime...

1855/54 50C Arrows MS61 NGC.<p>FS-5, Breen-4858. The overdate details are readily visible on the final three digits in the date. There are fai...

1855-S 50C Arrows XF45 NGC.<p>The obverse has dusky yellow-gray patina, while the reverse has hints of charcoal patina that outline the letter...

1856-O 50C AU55 NGC.<p>FS-6.5, Breen-4869, URS-9. The date was originally entered with a heavy upward slant. Subsequently punched correctly, b...

1857-O 50C--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>AU Details, Net XF45, bright steel-gray surfaces; and an 1858-O--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45, russet an...

1858 50C AU58 NGC.<p>Dense lavender patina. Sharply struck with moderate luster and a few wispy abrasions in the fields. Important notice: We...

1858-O 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>A dusky tan-gray example that has modest luster and carefully preserved fields. The eagle's left leg is softly st...

1859 50C Half Dollar--Scratched,<p>Cleaned--ANACS, Unc Details, Net AU50, sharply struck with purple and blue toning; 1875 Half Dollar AU53 AN...

1859-S 50C XF45 ANACS.<p>Gunmetal-gray fields complement the lilac devices. Sharply detailed for the grade, especially on the reverse. There i...

1860-O 50C MS64 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS.<p>This coin will fool the viewer who only casually glances at it. The fields are deeply reflectiv...

1861 50C Scott Restrike AU55 PCGS.<p>J.W. Scott bought the reverse die of the Confederate Half Dollar from Ebenezer Locke Mason, and soon bega...

1861-S 50C MS64 PCGS.<p>Like other S-mints from the early 1860s, the majority of '61-S Halves are from the Guatemala Hoard, a large hoard ...

1867 50C MS65 PCGS.<p>Formerly offered as lot 820 in our 2002 June Long Beach Bullet Sale, where it was described as, "Seldom does an 186...

1871-CC 50C AU50 Corroded, Cleaned Uncertified.<p>Sharply detailed, but unfortunately the surfaces are thoroughly corroded. There is a vertica...

1872-CC 50C MS60 Corroded, Damaged, Cleaned Uncertified.<p>Sharply detailed. The lower obverse has a few noticeable pinscratches, but the deep...

1873-CC 50C Arrows AU53 ANACS.<p>The '73-CC is an important issue as it is one of only two Carson City Halves that feature the arrows moti...

1874 50C Arrows AU53 ANACS.<p>Peripheral gold and lime-green patina. Sharply detailed and problem-free with extensive luster. The eagle's ...

1874 50C Arrows AU58 NGC.<p>The luster is bright and extensive. The obverse field is moderately abraded. The upper reverse legends are widely ...

1874 50C Arrows MS67 NGC.<p>A weight change during this and preceding year brought back the Arrows design from two decades earlier. Although n...

1875-S 50C MS66 PCGS.<p>A lustrous Gem that has slight gold patina. The upper obverse and lower reverse have a hint of weakness of strike, but...

1876 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>The margins suggest rose patina. The devices and borders have flashy luster. The lower half of the eagle is somewhat so...

1876 50C MS65 ANACS.<p>Fully struck in all areas with no distracting blemishes on either side. The central portions are mostly untoned but beg...

1876-CC 50C MS66 PCGS.<p>The Carson City Mint produced 1.4 million Seated Half Dollars in 1876, the second highest total for a CC-mint issue i...

1876-S 50C MS64 PCGS.<p>Lovely sea-green and rose-violet patina. A well struck and lustrous near-Gem that has lightly abraded surfaces. The lo...

1877 50C MS65 PCGS.<p>Blatant originality is easily this coin's most impressive feature. The base color on both sides is tan-gray in shade...

1877-S 50C MS65 NGC.<p>Pinpoint striking details make every aspect of the design immediately apparent on this Gem quality specimen. Bright, fl...

1877-S 50C MS65 NGC.<p>Bright with a semi-prooflike finish, the surfaces exhibit modest, yet noteworthy brightness in the fields. Neither side...

1880 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net AU50. A sharply struck coin that has lavender and green-gray patina. UNITED is lightly strike dou...

1880 50C MS66 PCGS.<p>A tantalizingly small delivery of 8,400 business strikes and 1,355 proofs explains the unflagging popularity of the 1880...

1882 50C MS63 ANACS.<p>Sharply struck example that has light gold patina and prooflike surfaces. The devices have mild cameo contrast with fla...

1883 50C AU53 ANACS.<p>The margins have electric-blue and golden-brown patina. A sharply struck example that has light rub on the Seated Liber...

1891 50C MS65 PCGS.<p>A lightly toned and exquisitely struck Gem. The fields are prooflike and uncommonly well preserved, while the devices ar...

1891 50C MS66 NGC.<p>Although business strike production rose dramatically in this final-year Seated Liberty coinage, the number of Mint State...

1865 50C PR63 PCGS.<p>A razor sharp example that has frosty devices and lavender fields. Although not labeled as Cameo, this lovely proof appe...

1865 50C PR64 Cameo PCGS.<p>Since the business strike 1865 Half Dollar is a low mintage, Civil War era issue that is difficult to locate in th...

1865 50C PR65 Cameo PCGS.<p>The old adage "when it rains, it pours" certainly holds true in this sale with Cameo Proof 1865 Half Dol...

1865 50C PR66 Cameo NGC.<p>The Philadelphia Mint produced 511,400 business strike and 500 proof Seated Half Dollars in 1865. It is likely that...

1873 50C No Arrows PR66 PCGS.<p>Closed 3. Only 600 proofs were struck in 1873 of the No Arrows type. Overshadowed by the two-year Arrows type,...

1873 50C Arrows PR65 NGC.<p>Struck on the new metrically weighed planchets and designated as such by the addition of arrowheads on each side o...

1873 50C Arrows PR66 Cameo NGC.<p>Ex: Eliasberg. The Philadelphia Mint's Half Dollar issues of 1873-1874 have long been coveted by both ci...

1874 50C Arrows PR63 PCGS.<p>The surfaces have milky pale gold patina. The strike is razor sharp, well preserved for the seemingly conservativ...

1874 50C Arrows PR64 PCGS.<p>Second year of this enormously popular design type, this near-Gem has brightly reflective fields and is brilliant...

1874 50C Arrows PR66 PCGS.<p>Exceptional quality for this short-lived, two-year type. The fields are deeply reflective, but the coin has to be...

1875 50C PR64 PCGS.<p>Deeply reflecting florescent orange toning in the fields. The only blemish is a dark spot under the 11th star, but it is...

1875 50C PR66 NGC.<p>Deeply reflective proof mirrors shine brightly from each side of this immaculate, high grade piece. Perfect for type purp...

1878 50C PR65 NGC.<p>The obverse and much of the reverse are layered in milky lilac and golden-rose patina, leaving only a swath of brilliance...

1879 50C PR65 Cameo PCGS.<p>The borders have attractive russet patina. A well struck Gem whose only conceivable distraction is a tiny contact ...

1880 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>The mirrored fields have spectacular violet, gold, and yellow-green color. A well struck and attractive proof. Some wis...

1880 50C PR66 Cameo NGC.<p>An exquisitely struck Gem that has a blush of lemon patina. The surfaces are uncommonly well preserved. The drapery...

1881 50C PR64 PCGS.<p>Beautiful violet, gold, and electric-blue patina. Well struck except for the arrow feathers. The upper reverse shield ha...

1881 50C PR64 Cameo PCGS.<p>Brilliant and immaculately preserved. The cameo contrast is undeniable, but the strike is not complete in the cent...

1882 50C PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS.<p>This is an impressively well preserved proof Seated Half Dollar. The surfaces are untoned with richly frosted...

1882 50C PR66 Deep Cameo PCGS.<p>A lovely and well struck Gem that has just a hint of golden-brown patina. The lower reverse has a trio of min...

1883 50C PR65 NGC.<p>This brilliant Gem is deeply prooflike and the devices show a good portion of mint frost, which yields a moderate cameo c...

1883 50C PR66 NGC.<p>The Philadelphia Mint was the only coinage facility that produced Half Dollars in 1883, and a miniscule total of 9,039 pi...

1883 50C PR66 Cameo PCGS.<p>An extraordinary representative of this low mintage Seated Half Dollar, both sides combine frosty finished devices...

1886 50C PR66 Cameo NGC.<p>A lightly toned and well struck Gem that has seemingly pristine surfaces. The fields have a few wispy die polish li...