2003 May St. Louis, MO (CSNS) Signature Sale - Session 3

1877 50C MS66 PCGS. A breathtaking Gem specimen with frosty, untoned centers and peripheral accents of reddish-orange and turquoise. If ever a high mi

1877-CC 50C MS67 * NGC. Tail Hub Variety Two. WB-103. Simply put, this is a special coin. Precious few Carson City coins of any denomination have surv

1881 50C MS64 PCGS. A brilliant and rather prooflike near-Gem that has mild cameo contrast between the frosty devices and the lightly reflective field

1883 50C Unc Details, Improperly Cleaned, Artificial Toning, NCS. Subdued luster penetrates the unnatural violet and navy-blue patina. Star 8 and Libe

1884 50C AU55 ANACS. A sharply struck example of this low mintage Half. Deeply toned in gunmetal-gray hues.From the Dr. Richard Tavernetti Collection.

1884 50C MS62 PCGS. A well struck piece with bright semi-prooflike luster and lightly abraded surfaces. An attractive coin for the grade. Only 4,400 b

1887 50C Fine 12 ANACS. An evenly worn, light gray example of this scarce, low mintage issue.From the Dr. Richard Tavernetti Collection. Important not

1842 50C PR65 NGC. Ex: Norweb. The obverse is toned in attractive champagne-golden shadings while the reverse is much deeper with mottled blue and gra

1856 50C PR63 PCGS. This rare early proof Seated Half displays an obverse die chip (as produced) inside star 13 that is not mentioned as a diagnostic

1859 50C PR65 NGC. Razor sharp delineation is seen between virtually all elements of this quintessential 19th century design. If this were not enough

1861 50C PR67 NGC. This coin was not produced in an era that was conducive to the survivability of attractive, high grade proof coinage. Consider firs

1862 50C PR64 PCGS. The deeply reflective fields show a few scattered hairlines, but these are well concealed by the presence of light toning gently e

1862 50C PR67 NGC. The rarity of the business strike 1862 Seated Half Dollar (253,000 pieces produced) has been both over and underestimated in the pa

1863 50C PR69 NGC. The No Motto Seated Liberty Half Dollar was produced in various types from 1839-1866. Only a single specimen striking from this era

1866 50C PR68 NGC. The tremendous bloodletting of the Civil War sparked a religious revival in the United States that affected the design of the Seate

1870 50C PR67 NGC. This is a Condition Census proof representative of a P-mint Seated Half Dollar that is quite challenging to locate at the finer lev

1873 50C Arrows PR64 Cameo PCGS. We can hardly overstate the importance of this coin for high quality type purposes. The devices are both sharply stru

1874 50C Arrows PR66 NGC. This coin displays small arrowheads flanking the date--a common feature for proofs of this issue that is seldom encountered

1874 50C Arrows PR64 Cameo PCGS. A sharply impressed near-Gem for the proof type collector, both the obverse and the reverse are veiled in silver-gray

1875 50C PR67 NGC. Rich lavender-charcoal toning envelops both sides and lightens a little over the right central obverse. Cobalt-blue undertones back