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

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