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

1898-O 50C MS64 PCGS. This is not a high mintage issue (just 874,000 pieces were produced), but softness of strike is the greatest detriment to locati

1898-S 50C MS63 PCGS. Apricot-gray patina is seen on the obverse, and there are a few similarly colored freckles over and around the reverse shield. T

1899 50C MS62 ANACS. A rather prooflike example with splendid sea-green and concord-grape patina. The obverse has a few unimportant abrasions, while t

1899-O 50C--Corroded, Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF40, sharply detailed but subdued, unnaturally prooflike, and faintly porous; 1908-O--Scratched

1899-O 50C MS63 NGC. Decidedly prooflike with attractive golden-brown and powder-blue patina. The reverse is typically struck but is exquisitely prese

1899-S 50C AU55 NGC. This lightly circulated example retains blushes of original luster and bold overall striking definition. There are no abrasions o

1899-S 50C MS63 PCGS. The moderately bright fields shimmer as the coin turns beneath the light, this despite warm golden-gray patina on the obverse. A

1900 50C MS62 PCGS. The dominant color on both sides of this coin, which is largely confined to the peripheries on the reverse, is antique-copper in s

1900-O 50C MS63 NGC. Writing in the 1991 book The Complete Guide to Barber Halves, David Lawrence states that perhaps 65-80% of 1900-O Half Dollars we

1900-S 50C MS62 PCGS. A few isolated swirls of olive-tan color interrupt the otherwise even, lilac-gray appearance. Boldly detailed with a smattering