(FUN) Signature Sale - Session 3

1812 50C--Scratched--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF40, O-103, R.<p>1, The obverse has iridescent blue, violet and gold patina, while the reverse i...

1814 50C AU58 ANACS.<p>O-107, R.2. This is a beautifully toned and original example whose surfaces are drenched in lavender-gray and apricot c...

1814 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-105, R.2. A mostly lustrous specimen exhibiting heavy die clashing on both the obverse and reverse, a typical feature o...

1815/2 50C VG10 ANACS.<p>O-101a, R.3 This is a richly and interestingly toned example with lavender-charcoal color in the fields and orange-ap...

1815/2 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>VF Details, Net Fine 15. O-101, R.2. Both sides retain sufficiently bold detail in the centers with more or less...

1815/2 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. O-101, R.2. A not unattractive coin despite a light cleaning, the centers are silver-gray ...

1815/2 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>VF Details, Net VF20. O-101a, R.3. This coin is moderately worn overall with suitable definition over all but th...

1815/2 50C--Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF30. O-101, R.2 This is a rather attractive coin, although the surfaces are subdued an...

1815/2 50C XF45 ANACS.<p>O-101, High R.2. Porous surfaces are nicely toned to a gently medium silver-gray color, with darker iridescent blue-g...

1817 50C AU58 NGC.<p>O-109, R.2. Lightly worn on the highpoints, steel-gray toning in the centers gradually deepens to antique-gold and gunmet...

1817/3 50C--Corroded, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF30. O-101, R.4. Along with the extremely rare 1817/4, one of two overdates for the ...

1820/19 50C Curled 2 AU58 NGC.<p>O-102, R.1. Brilliant with hints of olive patina, this example has good striking details except for minor wea...

1822/1 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>O-101, R.1. A high grade circulated example of this popular Red Book variety, the traces of underdigit can be seen u...

1824 Half Dollar--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45; 1829 Half Dollar--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45; 1837 Half Dollar--Corroded, Cleaned--A

1824 50C MS63 ANACS.<p>O-104, R.2. Rich, multicolored toning covers both sides of this bright, lustrous Bust Half. Fully struck and a wonderfu...

1828 50C Square 2, Small 8 MS61 ANACS.<p>O-117, R.1. Both sides are interestingly toned in antique-copper and lavender-gray shades with cobalt...

1828 50C Square 2, Small 8 MS63 NGC.<p>O-114, R.3. Deeply toned overall with an occasional flash of original mint brilliance on each side. Sha...

1829 50C MS62 NGC.<p>O-119, R.2. Well frosted, the surfaces are lightly overlaid in antique-gold shades. There do not appear to be any abrasio...

1829 50C MS64 PCGS.<p>O-105, R.1. A common die marriage, yet scarce in the finer Mint State grades with MS64 examples qualifying for low end C...

1829/7 50C MS65 NGC.<p>O-102, R.2. This overdate obverse die was mated with two separate reverse dies, O-102 being the scarcer of the two die ...

1831 50C AU58 ANACS.<p>O-119, R.3. Only the slightest wear shows on the highpoints. A moderate layer of gray-blue and gold color equally coats...

1831 50C MS62 ANACS.<p>O-104, R.1. Splendid multicolored toning in vivid shades of turquoise-blue and gold. Highly lustrous and well struck, s...

1832 50C AU58 ANACS.<p>O-121, R.3. The golden-gray surfaces retain evidence of original frosty luster, yet the outward appearance is somewhat ...

1834 50C Large Date, Large Letters AU50 ANACS.<p>O-103, R.2. This Bust Half Dollar has light wear present on the high points, and slight weakn...

1834 50C Large Date, Small Letters AU55 PCGS.<p>O-108, R.2. Both sides evidence bold, if not sharp striking definition over the focal features...

1834 50C Large Date, Small Letters AU58 ANACS.<p>O-105, R.1. Essentially untoned and exhibiting virtually full mint luster.From the John H. Cr...

1834 50C Small Date, Small Letters MS62 ANACS.<p>O-110, R.4. Untoned with consistently sharp highpoint detail and an appealing frostiness to t...

1835 50C MS63 ANACS.<p>O-106, R.1. Bright and frosty with a hint of toning at the base of the reverse. An excellent choice as a type Bust Half...

1836 50C Lettered Edge MS62 NGC.<p>O-102, R.3. This is a rather attractive coin for the grade whose surfaces are remarkably free of distractin...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>VF Details, Net Fine 12. Only 1,200 Reeded Edge Half Dollars were struck in late 1836, the first coins...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. Plenty of good detail remains in the hair on this evenly circulated Half Dollar....

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. Only 1,200 examples were struck of this first-year issue. These coins represente...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF30. The surfaces have retoned in not unattractive lilac-gray shades that deepen to o...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Corroded, Whizzed--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF30. This coin offers sharp, minimally rubbed features for a relatively mod...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Rims Filed--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. This is a well defined coin with light overall wear and rich lavender-charcoa...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned, Rim Filed--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Deeply retoned on the obverse is charcoal-gray shades, the reverse co...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. This is a mostly bright coin with delicate golden-gray retoning over moderately ...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF 45. A lightly cleaned example of this scarce date, of which only 1,200 pieces were ...

1836 50C Reeded Edge--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. Irregular russet toning is seen over the left sides of this minimally rubbed, ke...

1836 50C Reeded Edge AU53 PCGS.<p>A deeply toned example of this key issue. Sharply struck in all areas with much luster remaining on each sid...

1836 50C Reeded Edge AU53 ANACS.<p>Sharply defined and brilliant throughout with much of the appearance of the fully Uncirculated coin. A few ...

1837 50C--Scratched, Cleaned, Dent--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF40, a bold scratch crosses the bust from star six to star 10, reverse rim dent at 2 o&#...

1837 50C AU58 ANACS, this is a remarkably smooth coin for a circulated Half Dollar with bold definition, dove-gray toning, and brighter orange colored

1838 50C MS63 NGC.<p>A well struck coin, the surfaces are nicely frosted for the grade with a dusting of medium tan-gray patina. Some russet c...

1839 50C No Drapery--Corroded, Tooled--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF20, porous areas on both sides, barbaric improvements; 1858-O--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Deta

1839 50C No Drapery XF45 ANACS.<p>A desirable one-year variety that enjoys demand both by type and by date collectors. This example has even w...

1839 50C No Drapery AU58 NGC.<p>This year is the only one in the entire Seated Half Dollar series that the Mint purposely produced coins with ...

1839 50C No Drapery MS62 ANACS.<p>This pleasing representative is toned in silver-gray shades with mottled tan and pastel tinged overtones. Th...

1841-O 50C MS62 NGC.<p>This is a lightly toned, silver-gray and tan colored example. Both sides display razor sharp striking definition in all...

1842-O 50C Reverse of 1839 AU50 PCGS.<p>The Small Date, Small Letters 1842-O Half is scarce with Wiley-Bugert rating it a high R.4 in all grad...

1844-O 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>Although the mintage for this date appears to be quite generous, the survival rate in AU and better grades is minimal...

1846 50C Tall Date Half Dollar--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF40, untoned and very lightly cleaned; 1855-O Half Dollar--Scratched, Polished--ANACS

1849 50C AU58 ANACS, pleasingly toned in mottled olive, copper, and dove-gray shades, the surfaces reveal bright fields at certain angles; and an 1876

1849-O 50C AU58 NGC.<p>A moderately toned example of this scarcer O-mint Half Dollar. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at th...

1852 50C MS63 ANACS.<p>This is the second lowest mintage Variety One Half Dollar, with a mintage of only 77,130 coins, few of which have survi...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays XF45 ANACS, ebony toning; and an 1856-O AU53 ANACS, muted white toning.<p>From the David Bruce Collection. 2 coins I...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays AU55 PCGS.<p>A lightly olive-yellow toned coin with an occasional trace of russet patina. Sharply detailed with much ...

1853 50C Arrows and Rays MS61 ANACS.<p>This fully brought up example is ringed in pale sea-green peripheral shadings on the obverse. The rever...

1855-O 50C Arrows MS61 ANACS.<p>This is an exquisitely struck coin with a few interesting die cracks coming from the obverse stars. Largely w...

1856-S 50C XF45 PCGS.<p>With a lower mintage of only 211,000 pieces, this is a much scarcer, seldom available date. Moderately toned on both s...

1858-O 50C MS64 NGC.<p>Despite a sizeable original mintage of 7.2 million pieces, the 1858-O is not at all common in the finer Mint State grad...

1859-O 50CHalf Dollar--Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF45; 1861 Half Dollar--Edge Damage, Cleaned--ANACS, AU Details, Net XF40; 1861-O Half Dollar--

1860-O 50C MS60 ANACS.<p>A gray surface coin with iridescent golden-blue colors dancing around the peripheral areas. The strike is bold, with ...

1860-O 50C MS61 ANACS.<p>The surfaces are bright beneath mottled, slate-gray and golden patination. This is a sharply struck coin with no indi...

1861 50C MS62 NGC.<p>A readily available No Motto Half Dollar and quite affordable in Uncirculated grades. This example exhibits a coating of ...

1867 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>With a mintage of less than a half million pieces, many of which were heavily circulated, this date becomes a condition...

1869 50C MS61 ANACS.<p>This is a well struck example having wispy die cracks (as struck) at the peripheries on both sides. Mostly brilliant, w...

1872 50C--Cleaned--ANACS, Unc.<p>Details, Net AU50, damage on neck, hairlines; and an 1877-S--Scratched--ANACS, Unc. Details, Net AU50, scratc...

1872-CC 50C VF35 ANACS.<p>A nicely produced and evenly worn example of this elusive Carson City Mint Half Dollar. The coin has toned to a medi...

1874 50C Arrows MS64 PCGS.<p>Fully detailed in all areas, the softly frosted surfaces are lightly toned around the peripheries and show no obv...

1875 50C MS64 PCGS.<p>Fully struck and brilliant throughout. A highly lustrous example and an excellent type coin. Important notice: We expec...

1875-S 50C MS64 ANACS.<p>Typically struck, this coin has blazing luster and brilliant surfaces. A die cracks snakes its way through the rever...

1876 50C MS63 NGC.<p>Excellent mint luster and sharply struck with smoky-gray patina spread unevenly over each side. Important notice: We exp...

1877-S 50C MS61 ANACS.<p>Irregular apricot and slate-gray colors drift over the surfaces of this fully impressed representative. A not excessi...

1877-S 50C MS62 ANACS.<p>A fully struck example with excellent detail, the surfaces entirely encased in a cloak of deep orange and gray color ...

1879 50C MS62 ANACS.<p>There are remarkably few abrasions on either side of this peripherally toned representative. Sharply struck, and desira...

1880 50C AU55 ANACS.<p>Minor wear appears on the head and breast, otherwise the details are fully intact and attractive on this lustrous unton...

1880 50C MS60 ANACS.<p>This Uncirculated example is toned in smoky gold and lilac-gray shades through which semi-prooflike tendencies can been...

1887 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc. Details, Net AU55. Soft detail appears on the head, but the balance of the central elements are well defined....

1889 50C MS66 NGC.<p>Untoned and bright, the surfaces are free of distracting abrasions. A fully struck, and premium quality representative of...

1891 50C MS66 NGC.<p>Half Dollar production at the Philadelphia Mint ratcheted up to 200,000 business strikes in this, the final year of this ...

1846 50C Medium Date PR61 ANACS.<p>As with any proofs struck prior to the late 1850s, poor, if any, mintage figures were reported during the e...

1854 50C Arrows PR65 NGC.<p>Writing in 1993, Wiley and Bugert had this terse comment to make about the proof 1854 Arrows Seated Half: "Le...

1864 50C PR64 NGC.<p>The glassy surfaces are overlaid in light silver-gray and golden iridescence. Crisscrossing russet toning streaks are see...

1865 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>Both sides display questionable toning in glossy cobalt-blue and charcoal shades. The centers are lighter in appearance...

1866 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>Lightly toned and deeply mirrored.From the Joseph M. Seventko Collection. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning...

1869 50C--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Proof, Net PR60. Razor-like rims, deeply mirrored fields, untoned bright silver luster, and subdued devices give t...

1871 50C PR63 Deep Cameo PCGS.<p>A gorgeously toned proof with frosty gray-brown devices and impossibly deep mirrored fields that are vivid pu...

1872 50C PR62 NGC.<p>The mirrored fields have hairline abrasions appropriate to the grade, but the consummately struck devices and peripheral ...

1875 50C PR63 PCGS.<p>This example has a good if not complete strike, with central devices and the star centrils fully developed and only triv...

1876 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>Very sharply defined, the once-deep mirror fields are moderately toned and show numerous hairlines. As an identifier, a...

1876 50C PR63 ANACS.<p>Light, even golden-rose toning covers both sides. Nicely reflective fields.From the Joseph M. Seventko Collection. Imp...

1880 50C PR61 ANACS.<p>Much of the proof finish is muted beneath silver-gray and tan-gold tinting, the razor sharp striking definition is evid...

1880 50C PR65 NGC.<p>Half Dollar production remained limited in 1880, the Philadelphia Mint delivering just 8,400 business strikes and 1,355 p...

1880 50C PR65 ICG.<p>Cameo contrast on the devices is visible through light toning in shades of pastel-gold that deepen toward the borders. Ge...

1882 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>Reflective ebony-gray color radiates from the surfaces of this nice proof, a coin with nicely subdued elements appearin...

1882 50C PR62 ANACS.<p>Both sides are untoned with a sharp impression. Lightly hairlined, the surfaces are too subdued to warrant a higher gra...

1882 50C PR63 PCGS.<p>Well frosted over the devices, the fields are appreciably reflective despite mottled lilac and tan haziness that is more...

1883 50C PR66 NGC.<p>This is an attractive Gem whose nicely frosted devices and reflective fields provide an appreciable cameo contrast. The o...

1886 50C PR64 ANACS.<p>A darkly toned proof from which a glow can still be seen in the fields. The coin misses the PR65 mark due to two well t...