1836 50C Reeded Edge AU53 认证号13698508, PCGS号6175

CAC Green Sticker, GR-1, R 2. CAC pop data: 62 total, 5 on grade, 14 higher. Bought at 2020 Winter FUN show in Orlando from Sheridan Downey’s MB 50 auction. Comments from Sheridan Downey’s MB 50 auction catalog: The key to this short series. (May we ignore the 1838-O?) It is a sad fact that key date bust halves, 1794-1839, are regularly subject to abuse. Consider your experience with 1794s, 1796-97s, 1801-02s, 1815s and the date offered here. Slabbed and raw, we are used to seeing off-quality coins. Even those that may be described as “nice” are not objectively nice but rather relatively nice. Here is the rare 1836 RE that is objectively nice! It has not been cleaned. The toning is original and attractive. The surfaces have minimal signs of circulation. Soft luster abounds in protected areas. In short, it is an honest coin, preserved by honest stewards. I peeked at the CAC Pop Report for the issue. Only 5 pieces, including this one, graded AU 53 have received a sticker. Enough said. If you aspire to a truly nice 1836 RE this is your coin. This coin was last auctioned as part of Stack’s "The Eldorado Sale", lot 1778 for $3,800, conducted May 1, 2009. Bought from Sheridan Downey's mail bid auction 50 at the winter FUN show in Orlando in January, 2020. Additional comments from Stacks/Bowers: Though Walter Breen divined a mintage figure of 1,200 circulation strikes for the 1836 Reeded Edge half dollar decades ago, the true figure is undoubtedly several thousand coins higher. Given the population of surviving 1836 Reeded Edge half dollars today, Robert W. Julian has estimated that the mintage was actually closer to 5,000 pieces. Between the legendarily elusive Small Eagle half dollars of 1796 and 1797 and the scarce Philadelphia Mint dates between 1879 and 1890, no other half dollar issue approaches the low mintage of the 1836 Reeded Edge. Beyond its evident historical importance, the 1836 Reeded Edge has always been admired as a rarity. For most of the 19th century, this issue was deemed a pattern, too rare to have been issued for circulation. While listed in J. Hewitt Judd's United States Pattern, Trial, and Experimental Pieces as Judd-57, a listing that remains in modern editions out of a sense of tradition, the 1836 Reeded Edge half dollar is now acknowledged as a regular issue coin. The vast majority of survivors show significant wear, Choice AU survivors such are always in demand.