2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 3

1838 50C AU50 ANACS. Breen-4734. Good portions of mint luster remain beneath a light overlay of golden toning. Important notice: We expect to be aucti

1839 50C--Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF20. Breen-4737, Large Letters. A pearl-gray Half Dollar that has obvious hairlines on each side from a tho

1839-O/O 50C--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. Beistle-2A. Well, this is an unusual attribution. Beistle hasn't been used for at least 30 y...

1839 50C Drapery MS62 PCGS. A silver-gray example with surprisingly clean fields but slightly subdued luster. Well struck except for STATES OF. Very s

1840 50C Reverse of 1839 XF45 ANACS, the light gray centers are surrounded by deep golden and blue peripheral coloration; 1861-O XF45 ANACS, deeply to

1840-O 50C AU50 ANACS, lustrous for the grade with a weak strike on the head of the eagle, very lightly toned; and an 1863 AU50 ANACS, sharply struck

1841 50C AU50 ANACS. Lovely golden-brown and blue-violet peripheral patina. Much mildly prooflike luster persists, although the fields are lightly abr

1841-O 50C--Scratched--ANACS, Genuine, we grade the coin AU50 Scratched, rather deeply toned; 1844 XF40 ANACS, richly toned around the devices; 1848--

1841-O 50C AU53 ANACS, large mintmark, peripheral golden-brown patina, light rub on the knee, the reverse has several die cracks, as made; 1877-S AU50

1842 50C Medium Date AU50 ANACS, bright overall with smoky gray patina overall and deeper accents around the devices; and an 1842-O Medium Date AU50 A

1842 50C Medium Date MS65 NGC. This is not one of the distinctively recut or repunched varieties, but numerous fine die cracks are seen around the bor

1843 50C AU55 ANACS, rich gold patina at the borders, lustrous for the grade, the vertical shield lines extend deeply into the horizontal bars; and an

1843-O 50C AU58 ANACS. Although considered one of the more available O-mint No Motto Halves, we have handled very few examples in any grade. This is c

1844-O 50C XF45 ANACS, golden-brown and aqua colors at the borders, the fields have faint slide marks from circulation; 1870-S XF45 ANACS, milky yello

1845 50C XF45 PCGS, lightly toned with a speck of darker color above the eagle's beak; 1870 AU53 PCGS, nicely and originally toned with good lus...

1845-O 50C AU58 ANACS. Sharply struck with lots of bright mint luster remaining and a rich accent of golden-brown toning around the margins. A lovely

1846 50C Tall Date AU55 PCGS. A boldly struck Half Dollar that has rich lilac-gold patina. A short scratch in the right obverse field is concealed by

1846-O 50C AU50 PCGS, a scarcer issue in AU and Mint State grades in spite of a rather substantial mintage, this is a pleasing, lightly worn example w

1847 50C AU58 NGC, sharply defined with streaky gray-russet patina over the mostly untoned steel-gray surfaces; and an 1869 AU58 NGC, well detailed wi

1847-O 50C MS61 ANACS. The rare 'spiked foot' variety, which has a raised die line (as made) that crosses Liberty's sandal. Light aprico...