1836 50C Reeded Edge MS(PCGS#6175)
1836 50C Reeded Edge MS (PCGS#6175)
March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 5087
- 等级
- AU53
- 价格
- 26,814
- 详细说明
- 1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Reeded Edge. 50 CENTS. GR-1, the only known dies. Rarity-2. AU-53 (NGC). This warmly toned example exhibits dominant smoky-gray patina that yields to a halo of bolder olive-charcoal and cobalt blue around the obverse periphery. Sharply defined over the focal features with wisps of original luster evident. The United States Mint had used steam power to coin other denominations before the half dollar, namely cents beginning in April 1836 and quarters soon thereafter, but the production of the workhorse half dollar remained a goal for most of 1836. The large numbers of half dollars required by the American economy forced the Mint to devote the majority of its capacity to that denomination. Cents and quarters, both relatively small and easy to strike, were natural warm-up acts for the half dollar, whose size and heft required far more technological savvy. While the processes involved were not running flawlessly until the spring of 1837, the production of a small group of half dollars on the steam press in November 1836 was a victory. The construction of a new press in 1837 capable of steam coinage of dollars was the only challenge that remained. PCGS# 6175. NGC ID: 2U28. Click here for certification details from NGC.