AUCTION  / 

2008 Jan. FUN Signature Coin Auction #454

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationOrange County Convention Center, North/South Building, 9400 Universal Blvd, Orlando, Florida, United States

Auction Details

<!--- --->
< Prev# Rows102050100Next >123. . .1718192021. . .303132
 Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
1797 50C--Repaired, Improperly Cleaned--NCS. VF28471797 50C--Repaired, Improperly Cleaned--NCS. VF
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1797 50C --Repaired, Improperly Cleaned--NCS. VF Details</B></I> O-101, High R.4. The 1797 half dollar offered in this lot pres...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 32,500.00
1797 50C Fine 12 PCGS28481797 50C Fine 12 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1797 50C Fine 12 PCGS.</B></I> O-101a, High R.4. Presented in this lot is perhaps the most important and desirable type coin in...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 47,500.00
1801 50C AU50 PCGS28491801 50C AU50 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1801 50C AU50 PCGS.</B></I> O-101, R.3. Slightly more than four years lapsed from the last delivery of half dollars in 1797 (Ma...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 16,000.00
1801 50C XF40 PCGS28501801 50C XF40 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1801 50C XF45 NGC.</B></I> O-102, High R.4. Slightly scarcer in all grades than the O-101, the 102 is also significantly more c...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 8,000.00
1802 50C AU53 PCGS28511802 50C AU53 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1802 50C AU53 PCGS.</B></I> O-101, R.3. A similar number of 1802 halves were struck when compared to the 1801: 29,890 pieces co...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 19,000.00
1805/4 50C AU58 PCGS28521805/4 50C AU58 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1805/4 50C AU58 PCGS.</B></I> O-101, R.3. In his <I>Complete Encyclopedia</B></I>, Breen points out that this...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 18,000.00
1805/4 50C AU55 NGC28531805/4 50C AU55 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1805/4 50C AU55 NGC.</B></I> O-102, R.3. This reverse is easily differentiated from Obverse 1 by the lack of the half berry, th...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 11,000.00
1805/4 50C AU55 PCGS28541805/4 50C AU55 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1805/4 50C AU55 PCGS.</B></I> O-103, High R.5. This is the rare overdate variety, and an early die state without evidence of th...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 19,000.00
1805/4 50C VF35 PCGS28551805/4 50C VF35 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1805/4 50C XF40 PCGS.</B></I> O-103a, High R.5. In addition to the absolute scarcity of the O-103 variety, this die state is co...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 10,000.00
1805 50C MS62 NGC28561805 50C MS62 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1805 50C MS62 NGC.</B></I> O-106, High R.3. Third and final Wide Date 1805 half dollar. This die marriage pairs Obverse 4 with ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
1806 50C Pointed 6, No Stem MS63 NGC28571806 50C Pointed 6, No Stem MS63 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1806 50C Pointed 6, No Stem MS63 NGC.</B></I> O-109, R.1. The proliferation of punch styles continued through 1806 with the use...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 17,000.00
1806 50C Pointed 6, Stem XF45 PCGS28581806 50C Pointed 6, Stem XF45 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1806 50C Pointed 6, Stem XF45 PCGS.</B></I> O-110, R.6. The most distinctive attribute of this rare variety is the heavy obvers...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 17,000.00
1806 50C Pointed 6, Stem MS63 PCGS28591806 50C Pointed 6, Stem MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1806 50C Pointed 6, Stem MS63 PCGS.</B></I> O-120a, R.4. In the fascinating and specialized world of the collector of die state...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 19,000.00
1807 50C Draped Bust MS62 PCGS28601807 50C Draped Bust MS62 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1807 50C Draped Bust MS62 PCGS.</B></I> O-102, R.2. The 102 is the second use of Obverse 2 (first seen on O-101) and first use ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 12,000.00
1807 50C Specimen 65 PCGS28611807 50C Specimen 65 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1807 50C Specimen 65 PCGS.</B></I> O-109, High R.7, as a specimen strike. The superb, talented engraver Joseph Wright, designer...
Start Price : 195,000.00 | Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
1807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS28621807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS.</B></I> O-110, R.2. First use of Obverse 7 and second use of Reverse F. While extensively crack...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 22,000.00
1807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS28631807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1807 50C Draped Bust MS63 PCGS.</B></I> O-110, R.2. What is immediately apparent about this coin are the multiple die cracks se...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 18,000.00
1808 50C MS66 NGC28641808 50C MS66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1808 50C MS66 NGC.</B></I> O-109a, R.3. A runaway Condition Census example that is completely brilliant and alive with vibrant,...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 20,000.00
1809 50C MS65 NGC28651809 50C MS65 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1809 50C MS65 NGC.</B></I> O-103, R.1. Although this is considered to be one of the most common 1809 half dollar varieties, Gem...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
1812 50C MS66 NGC28661812 50C MS66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1812 50C MS66 NGC.</B></I> O-109a, R.2. The serif and curl of the 2 have square ends, and the inner point of star 10 shows a lo...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,500.00
1815/2 50C MS64 NGC28671815/2 50C MS64 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1815/2 50C MS64 NGC.</B></I> O-101a, R.2. A fantastic example of this rarity that is one of the top dozen known, and tied with ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 25,102.00
1821 50C MS66 NGC28681821 50C MS66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1821 50C MS66 NGC.</B></I> O-103, R.2. Stars 1 and 13 virtually touch the bust tip and hair curl, and the well-spaced date is l...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 45,000.00
1825 50C MS66 NGC28691825 50C MS66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1825 50C MS66 NGC.</B></I> O-101, R.1. This variety is most easily attributable by the position of star 7 relative to the headb...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
1827 50C Square Base 2 MS66 PCGS28701827 50C Square Base 2 MS66 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1827 50C Square Base 2 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> O-133, R.4. Orange-red and dove-gray fields and devices concede to peripheral forest-...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 28,000.00
1818 50C PR66 NGC28711818 50C PR66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1818 50C PR66 NGC.</B></I> Ex: Eliasberg. O-113, R.7 as a proof. Walter Breen lists only six proof half dollars from 1818, four...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 110,000.00
1829 50C PR63 NGC28721829 50C PR63 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1829 50C Small Letters SP63 NGC.</B></I> O-111, R.2. On this variety, the 9 in the date is recut at the right, the lips are par...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 12,000.00
1832 50C PR63 NGC28731832 50C PR63 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1832 50C PR63 NGC.</B></I> O-122, R.8 as a proof. There are approximately nine proof 1832 half dollars known, as best we can de...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 26,000.00
1836 50C Reeded Edge MS63 PCGS28741836 50C Reeded Edge MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1836 50C Reeded Edge MS63 PCGS.</B></I> An important example of this very scarce coin. The surfaces are generally bright silver...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 15,000.00
1837 50C MS66 NGC28751837 50C MS66 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1837 50C MS66 NGC.</B></I> The change from the 50 CENTS reverse of 1837 to the HALF DOL. reverse of 1838 created a distinct two...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 19,000.00
1839-O 50C MS65 PCGS28761839-O 50C MS65 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1839-O 50C MS65 PCGS.</B></I> JR-1, Doubled Mintmark. A middle die state of this variety, with numerous die cracks observed on ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 42,500.00
1847/6 50C--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. AU Details28771847/6 50C--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. AU Details
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1847/6 50C --Improperly Cleaned--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> FS-301, formerly FS-004. WB-102. An exceedingly elusive <I>Guid...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,000.00
1853 50C Arrows and Rays MS66 PCGS28781853 50C Arrows and Rays MS66 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1853 50C Arrows and Rays MS66 PCGS.</B></I> An extraordinary Premium Gem of this dramatic single-year subtype. Both sides are l...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 60,000.00
1857-S 50C MS62 PCGS28791857-S 50C MS62 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1857-S 50C MS62 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Pryor Collection. WB-103. Medium Mintmark, Recut 1. High R.7 in Mint State. Struck from perfe...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
1859-S 50C MS65 NGC28801859-S 50C MS65 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1859-S 50C MS65 NGC.</B></I> In the early days of the San Francisco Mint, gold coinage was the chief priority, with minor silve...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
1860 50C MS66 PCGS28811860 50C MS66 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1860 50C MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Type Two Reverse. This may be the sharpest strike we have seen on a business strike Seated Liberty ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 22,000.00
1861 50C Scott Restrike MS63 PCGS28821861 50C Scott Restrike MS63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1861 50C Scott Restrike MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Few Civil War relics exist that are as numismatically significant as the "Scott...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 15,000.00
1861 CSA Cent, Copper Restrike PR63 RB PCGS28831861 CSA Cent, Copper Restrike PR63 RB PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1861 CSA Cent, Copper Restrike PR63 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> Breen-8008. In 1874, John W. Haseltine surprised the numismatic...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 26,000.00
1864 50C MS67 PCGS28841864 50C MS67 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1864 50C MS67 PCGS.</B></I> Despite the tremendous strain on the nation's resources, the needs of commerce continued in the...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 37,500.00
1872-CC 50C MS61 ANACS28851872-CC 50C MS61 ANACS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1872-CC 50C MS61 ANACS.</B></I> Despite a relatively large mintage for a Carson City half dollar, 257,000 pieces, the 1872-CC i...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 16,000.00
1873-S 50C Arrows MS64 NGC28861873-S 50C Arrows MS64 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1873-S 50C Arrows MS64 NGC.</B></I> Wiley and Bugert call this issue: "Extremely rare in mint state." Population data...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 10,000.00
1875-CC 50C MS66 PCGS28871875-CC 50C MS66 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1875-CC 50C MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Compared to the Carson City Mint's half dollar output in 1874 of 59,000 pieces, 1875-CC half...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 28,000.00
1878-S 50C VG8 PCGS28881878-S 50C VG8 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1878-S 50C VG8 PCGS.</B></I> The 1878-S half dollar ranks as one of the most elusive and enigmatic issues from the later years ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 35,000.00
1845 50C PR64 NGC28891845 50C PR64 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1845 50C PR64 NGC.</B></I> A gorgeous near-Gem of this significant rarity. Golden-brown, plum-red, forest-green, and electric-b...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 37,500.00
1847 50C PR63 PCGS28901847 50C PR63 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1847 50C PR63 PCGS.</B></I> Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert, in <I>The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars</B>...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 17,000.00
1864 50C PR65 Cameo PCGS28911864 50C PR65 Cameo PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1864 50C PR65 Cameo PCGS.</B></I> In World War II, the Philadelphia Mint stopped producing proofs as part of the overall campai...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 16,000.00
1874 50C Arrows PR65 Cameo NGC28921874 50C Arrows PR65 Cameo NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1874 50C Arrows PR65 Cameo NGC.</B></I> The 1873 reprise of arrows flanking the date, inspired by a similar (though smaller) ad...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,500.00
1884 50C PR67 Cameo NGC28931884 50C PR67 Cameo NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1884 50C PR67 Cameo NGC.</B></I> The half dollar saw a production of 875 proofs in 1884. While this issue is readily available ...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
1896-S 50C MS66 PCGS28941896-S 50C MS66 PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1896-S 50C MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Though not a key date like its quarter counterpart, the 1896-S half has a respectably low mintage...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 14,000.00
1901-S 50C MS67 NGC28951901-S 50C MS67 NGC
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1901-S 50C MS67 NGC.</B></I> Ex: Eliasberg. The San Francisco Mint's output of half dollars in 1901 amounted to just 847,04...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 32,500.00
1893 50C PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS28961893 50C PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS
Old Heritage Auctions
<B>1893 50C PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS.</B></I> The heavily frosted devices stand out against the unfathomably deep mirrored fields, and...
Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for 16,000.00