Legend Rare Coin Auctions is proud to offer the single FINEST PCGS graded circulation strike 1845 half dollar. Note: This is NOT the NGC/CAC ex Newman coin, nor does it match any MS64 that we can trace having sold in auction. A lower mintage date, with just 589,000 struck. Possessing a very familiar, old time collection look, this near-GEM boasts a superb eye appeal. Lovely, lustrous surfaces are awash in totally original teal, azure, gold, rose, emerald, and silver tones. Well struck overall, with just some minor weakness noted with a glass. Struck from clashed dies, the mint made clash marks are the only disturbances in the fields that warrant mentioning. PCGS 1, NGC 0. Neither PCGS, nor NGC have graded any others in this lofty state of preservation. The aforementioned Newman NGC MS64+ sold for $16,450 in November 2013, and is no longer on the NGC Census Report. More recently a PCGS MS64 CAC, the former Richmond-Gardner-Vanderbilt coin, sold for $10,200 in March 2018. In MS64+ the Collectors' Universe value is listed at $15,000, but with the premiums paid on many single finest graded examples, this essentially GEM 1845 half dollar is worthy of the FINEST Seated Liberty collections. Good luck! Cert. Number 36649084 PCGS # 006248