1806 50C O-122 Pointed 6, Stem MS(PCGS#39328)

1806 50C O-122 Pointed 6, Stem MS (PCGS#39328)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: The Finest Known 1806 O-122 Half Dollar The Only Mint State Example 1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-122, T-25. Rarity-6. Pointed 6, Stem Through Claw. MS-62+ (NGC). A beautiful Draped Bust half that combines superior preservation with extreme rarity. Deeply toned in slate-grey shades with flashes of bronze, gold and steel blue around the devices. Well-composed for the grade level, without any notable abrasions under magnification. Nicely struck and exhibiting Tompkins Die Stage 2/2, with a vertical crack through the reverse shield and evidence of clashing throughout.Overton-122 represents the third of what would eventually be six uses of this workhorse obverse, readily identifiable in most marriages by repunching to the letter Y in LIBERTY. It is up to the reverse, therefore, to confirm the rare O-122 attribution. This die, which is unknown in any other pairing, exhibits repunching along the left upright of the letter E in STATES. The prominent crack from the lower border into the shield developed early and soon advanced to the point where it felled this die, going a long way to explain the rarity of examples in numismatic circles. Of the 21 to 22 examples believed extant, the coin offered here sits alone as the only Mint State example known. It is the finest by a wide margin, with an AU-55 (PCGS) listed in second place by Herrman. Provenance: Ex Heritage's sale of January 2019, lot 4478.; NGC Census (O-122): 1; one finer. PCGS# 39328. NGC ID: 24EJ.