2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 3

1900-S 50C MS65 NGC. The 1900-S was produced to the extent of 2.5 million pieces, a decent number of which were shipped to the Philippines at the time

1901 50C MS62 PCGS. Relatively pleasing mint luster ripples across the surfaces with a frosty textured sheen. This is a sharply struck coin with warm

1901-O 50C MS63 PCGS. This issue's original mintage of 1.1 million pieces is on the low side even for a Barber Half Dollar. Since most of these ...

1901-S 50C MS61 PCGS. Both sides are crisply impressed with few, if any, areas of incompleteness. Untoned save for the lightest whispers of golden iri

1902 50C MS62 ANACS. Rich golden-brown and lime-green patina. A sharply struck and lustrous coin that has a well preserved reverse.From the Ohio Colle

1902-O 50C MS62 Prooflike ANACS. Light golden-brown patina. The cheek has a tiny planchet flaw (as made) and a few trivial slide marks. Struck from li

1902-O 50C MS65 NGC. As rare as this issue is in the finer Mint State grades, it is perhaps even rarer with a sharp strike. The '02-O, according...

1902-S 50C MS64 PCGS. Similar in overall rarity to the 1902-O, the 1902-S was produced to the extent of just 1.4 million pieces. Like most branch mint

1903 50C MS65 ANACS. While this issue's original mintage of 2.2 million pieces is respectable for the type, Lawrence writes: "One of the re...

1903-O 50C MS63 NGC. Rich rose-violet, tobacco-brown, and sea-green peripheral patina. A lustrous specimen that has problem-free surfaces and a very s

1903-O 50C MS64 PCGS. This is a much more difficult date to locate than the original mintage of 2.1 million coins might imply. Like most O-mint Barber

1903-S 50C MS63 ANACS. A lustrous coin that has a sharp strike and original tobacco-brown patina. A lengthy lintmark (as struck) touches the final obv

1904 50C MS62 ANACS. Rich sea-green and lilac patina. A well struck Barber Half that has good luster and clean surfaces. A faint vertical pinscratch o

1904-O 50C MS61 ANACS. The margins have faint rose-violet color. Nicely struck and lustrous, but the obverse field and portrait are moderately abraded

1904-S 50C--Scratched--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. A briefly circulated specimen that has a good strike and extensive silvery luster at the margins.

1904-S 50C MS63 NGC. At the time that the book The Complete Guide to Barber Half Dollars went to press (1991), David Lawrence stated that the 1904-S...

1905 50C MS63 ANACS. The borders have dusky copper-gold patina. A well struck and flashy representative that has clean surfaces and imposing eye appea

1905-O 50C MS62 ANACS. The margins have original golden-brown color. A lustrous coin with a reasonable strike and only a few wispy slide marks. There

1905-O 50C MS64 NGC. The '05-O is a low mintage New Orleans Mint Half that undoubtedly saw extensive circulation at the time of issue. Nonethele...

1905-S 50C MS60 ANACS. Lightly speckled with tobacco-brown patina. A nicely struck and somewhat prooflike example that has a few wispy abrasions on ea

1906 50C MS60 ANACS. A lustrous and lightly toned specimen that has pleasing luster and a sharp strike. The cheek has some faint slide marks, but the

1906 50C MS64 PCGS. This well struck coin features a muted wheat-gold patina and a lustrous reverse field. Sharply struck with only a few minor marks.

1906-D 50C MS61 ANACS. Original tobacco-brown and sea-green patina. A lustrous coin that has a good strike and a pair of faint diagonal pinscratches a

1906-D 50C MS65 PCGS. The premier Barber Half Dollar produced in the Denver Mint, the 1906-D, with a respectable total of 4 million coins struck, is a

1906-O 50C MS63 PCGS. There are appreciable cartwheel effects on both sides of this coin, the luster being warmly frosted in texture. Warm, mottled pa

1906-S 50C MS63 PCGS. Both sides are well struck for the type, although we do note some faint rollermarks (as struck) over the obverse portrait. The l

1907 50C--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF30, a pair of faint pinscratches on the portrait, subdued gray color; 1909--Cleaned--ANACS, XF

1907 50C MS63 ANACS. Medium gray and gold patina. A sharply struck coin that has decent luster and a well preserved reverse.From the Ohio Collection.

1907-D 50C MS61 ANACS. The margins have rich gold and electric-blue colors. Portions of the lower obverse periphery are typically struck. The cheek ha

1907-O 50C MS63 PCGS. Although not full, the striking definition is impressively bold for a Barber Half from the Louisiana branch mint. There are some

1907-S 50C MS60 PCGS. Deficient luster, rather than an excessive number of abrasions, seems to account for the MS60 designation. Boldly impressed thro

1908 50C MS63 ANACS. Both sides have gentle lemon, lilac, and speckled golden-brown patina. A well struck and lustrous example that has a couple of un

1908-D 50C MS62 ANACS. The margins have freckled copper-gold aqua-blue patina. A lustrous and sharply struck example that has only a couple of faint l

1908-O 50C MS62 PCGS. Produced in records numbers for the series, the 1908-O (5.3 million coins produced) is often used for circulated as well as Mint

1908-S 50C MS62 ANACS. The rich powder-blue and golden-brown patina is lighter in the centers. A lustrous and sharply struck representative that has a

1909 50C MS62 PCGS. This is a remarkably appealing coin despite a somewhat subdued appearance. There are few bothersome abrasions, and those that are

1909-O 50C MS64 PCGS. The New Orleans Mint produced its final Half Dollars, 925,400 coins to be exact, in 1909. Surprisingly for a low mintage branch

1909-S 50C MS64 NGC. Mottled antique-copper toning overlays both sides with a few hints of russet and electric-blue colors here and there. This is a s

1910 50C MS63 PCGS. Fully frosted with delicate golden-tan overtones, the eye appeal of this coin would do justice to a Choice rating. There are no ar

1910-S 50C MS62 PCGS. The surfaces are uncommonly free of distracting bagmarks for the MS62 grade level, but the luster is a bit subdued beneath tan-g

1911 50C MS63 ANACS. Densely speckled lavender-gray patina. A sharply struck example that has moderate luster and impressive surfaces.From the Ohio Co

1911-D 50C MS62 ANACS. Light but dusky yellow-gray patina. Lustrous and sharply struck, with relatively clean surfaces for the grade. Less than 700,00

1911-D 50C MS64 PCGS. This is a sharply impressed near-Gem whose untoned surfaces display pleasing frosty luster. There are few abrasions of any kind,

1911-S 50C MS62 PCGS. Slate-gray color forms a base for streaks of tan patina. This is a sharply struck coin with a minimum number of abrasions and a

1912 50C MS62 ANACS. The freckled green-gray color is more rich at the peripheries. A flashy example that has a reasonable strike and an immaculately

1912 50C MS63 NGC. The untoned, frosty-white surfaces possess needle sharp detail over virtually all features. This sharp looking example is not exces

1912-D 50C MS61 ANACS. Lightly toned with faint lemon and lilac colors. A more available issue, but lustrous and impressively preserved for the assign

1912-D 50C MS65 ICG. An olive-gray Gem with good luster and a nearly pristine reverse. While not fully struck, a lovely Barber Half nonetheless, and q

1912-S 50C MS63 ANACS. Lightly freckled with russet patina. Lustrous and nicely struck, and carefully preserved despite a small contact mark near the

1912-S 50C MS65 PCGS. This late date S-mint Barber typically displays sharp striking definition and, in the finer Mint State grades at least, attracti