1823 50C Overton 101 Broken 3 MS(PCGS#39620)

The Regency Auction 52

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

12

等级

MS62

价格

90,981

详细说明

FROM THE DALE FRIEND COLLECTION, PART II. Ex Link-Friend, as noted on the insert. This essentially CHOICE example comes with one of the ultimate Capped Bust half dollar pedigrees: Dr. Charles Link and Dale Friend. Those two names are forever attached to many of the greatest early half dollars offered in recent years. This a RARE and underrated REDBOOK variety in Mint STATE! The Broken 3 is really the early die state of O-101. This is one of the few occasions that a die state represents an entirely separate listing in the Guide Book. The punch used to engrave the date was poorly produced with the point where the two loops of the 3 separated at an odd angle. It was once theorized by Al Overton that a "lower half of a 2 was removed, and the lower half of [a] 3 cut in its place." As more numismatic scholars have researched the process, the understanding of how this variety was created has changed. Note that early on in production, the 3 was "Patched" and the O-101a Patched 3 variety was created. A soft, satiny mint frost glows in the fields with a shimmering underlying brilliance that highlights the original dove, slate, and lilac-gray toning that is gently dusted across the smooth surfaces. Nicely struck and attractive. PCGS 3, NGC 3, CAC 1. The non-CAC MS62 from our Chicago Collection Sale (September 2021) realized $12,338. The current PCGS Price Guide value is $14,750 and the CAC CPG value is $14,400. Just a handful are graded higher, and the most recent to sell was the Col. Green-Eric Newman-Konstantine Collection PCGS MS64 CAC that brought $38,775. Sitting just below the Condition Census, this is a RARE and important opportunity for the astute Bust half collector! Cert. Number 35594652 PCGS # 6132