1857-S 50C AU53 认证号04072153, PCGS号6292

Ex-Reed Hawn sale in August 1973 where it was catalogged as a Gem BU. Ex-Stacks auction in Jan 1981 where it was catalogged as Ch BU. Ex-Frog Run collection in 2005 where it was slabbed AU58 by NGC. Ex-Brooklyn sale in 2007 as PCGS AU53. Talk about grde De-flation! This is one of four 57-S seated halves in my collection all of which grade AU53 or higher and they constitute a complete die marriage set for this date and mint mark.

Ron Guth

The 1857-S Half Dollar is a low-mintage date that is scarce in all grades and rare in Mint State. Only three dates in the 1850s have lower mintages: 1853-O No Arrows, 1852, and 1852-O.  Price-wise, the 1857-S compares favorably with 1852-O and 1856-S, but on the high-end, it really takes off.  The best 1857-S Half Dollar is a PCGS MS66 that sold recently out of the Gene Gardner collection for $61,687.50.  This impressive coin is finest known by a full two points.