1836 50C Reeded Edge MS(PCGS#6175)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

8090

等级

AU50

价格

38,984

详细说明

1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Reeded Edge. 50 CENTS. GR-1, the only known dies. Rarity-2. AU-50 (NGC). CAC--Gold Label. OH. A modestly toned example of this iconic issue with enhancing blushes of deep sea-blue and olive-green iridescence around the peripheries. The surfaces are a tad glossy in texture and plenty of sharp striking detail to further enhance the coin's appeal. A few scattered, tiny marks are seen on the obverse with close examination, however, these do not seem to influence the CAC folks as they awarded the coveted Gold Label certification to this rare coin. 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, AU survivors such as this are scarce and always in demand. PCGS# 6175. NGC ID: 2U28. Click here for certification details from NGC.