SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

A sharp Fine specimen with good clean surfaces, pleasing color, and no rim problems.

Interesting edge ornamentaion, in 1809 the mint used several edge "dies" in its edge lettering machine. Most of the time these get graded ...

Cleaned long ago but now toning around the devices and, if left to its own "devices" it will continue to darken to a nice natural "ol...

What at first looks like luster around the stars and within the hair curls is only the residual from dipping into a cleaning bath; if the new owner do

The mint improved the design slightly and this nicely struck overdate 1811 half dollar is the result. A pleasing choice coin on both sides.

Uneven but not unlikeable toning on the surface of this lustrous 1812 half dollar. Well struck on most devices.

Light to medium gray with a few edge marks.

Some scuffs and scratches here, and cleaned, but if the bid is a fair one, you'll end up with this coin.

A few old scratches. Toned.

Light gray toning.

This small 8 variety in the overdate is much scarcer than the large 8. We are happy to report that the coin is smooth-surfaced, nicely toned, and very

A slightly better Red Book variety which has some die cracks through the date as well.

Cleaned but will tone in time. The uneven strike on these is because they were struck on what today would be considered a very primitive hand-operated

Light silvery color with nice details and centering.

Original color and surfaces.

Some luster remains. Typical wear on the high points for this grade. Choice rims.

A few little nips out of the rims. Medium gray toning.

An interesting die making error.

Scratches but still an attractive example of this low mintage rarity. The mint struck 47,150 pieces in 1815. With the war reaching its final blazing c

Dark toning with a few tiny edge nicks. Original surfaces on both sides, with no evidence of cleaning.

No half dollars were made in 1816 (after the mint had a fire), and this attractive 7 over 3 overdate is one of the first new coins struck once it open

An odd date division, there is a small dot of metal (from the die) separating the last digit of the date from the other three on this Red Book variety

The second 8 in the date filled at the top from the 7 that preceded it. One of many overdate varieties made at this period, all of them are Red Book v

This one has been dipped and gently cleaned but is otherwise attractive enough for most collectors to admire and enjoy.

This is a very attractive, lightly toned Bust half dollar. It boasts such niceties as bold sharp relief on all stars, excellent curl and cap detail, a

A few small marks at the rim, but choice surfaces and nice color.

Nicely toned.

Original light to medium gray color.

There are many different varieties in the 1820, and it sometimes takes awhile to find them all in this choice circulated condition.

This is the scarcest of the 1820 half dollar varieties -- it is in the Red Book, therefore collectors find they need to own it but often come up empty

Toned. The 1820 half dollars are generally scarcer than 1818-19 or 1821-22 issues; partly this is because the mintage was much lower: 751,122 pieces.

A pleasing example.

Unlike most early bust halves struck in the 1820s which are not quite fully struck, this marvel of precision minting shows all regions crisply detaile

Pleasing color and surfaces.

Attractive original toning that is deepest around the major devices and legends.

Minor edge cut at top; otherwise smooth, toned, original.

First the 3 punch broke, later it got patched, with coins from both punches now prized by collectors. Attractive two-tone appearance, with the high po

A small edge cut by the tip of the bust. Nice, even color and surfaces on this attractive coin.

This die has to be the most botched-up date digit on an American coin. It is listed in the Red Book and collectors often search diligently for a choic

Dark toned with rubbed silver high points and some minor rim nicks.

This recut date is often mistaken for the 4/1 variety.

Smooth, attractive surfaces with only a single small edge bruise at star 11.

This 4 over 4 variety is also mistaken for the scarcer 4/1 variety in the 1824.

A frosty example of the 1826 half dollar finest Mint State 64 order. The luster is natural gray from toning and flows outward from the middle in typic

A very choice, lustrous example of this later issue, a coin well suited for its grade and surface quality.

Lustrous and well struck with only modest signs of luster "dullness" on the cheek. Many of these never circulated but due to fristion betw...

Toned.

Nicely toned.

Well toned with lighter high points.

Beautifully toned and well struck.