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...