1819/8 50C Large 9 AU55 认证号11433147, PCGS号6119

Richly toned in shades of turquoise, gold, rose and chestnut. Charlton Meyer found the coin in a September 1986 Stack’s sale (lot 62). I offered it privately in 2008. It was last seen in Heritage’s January 2011 FUN Show sale (hidden in an Internet-only session). The coin is every bit as nice as the similarly graded, CAC approved specimen offered this past January in MB 57, lot 73, @ $3,493.

Ron Guth

1819 Half Dollars can be found with a so-called normal date or as an 1819/8 overdate.  The overdate varieties come in two distinct types: Small 9 and Large 9.  In reality, the size difference is very slight.  Actually, it is easier to tell the two types apart by the  overdate itself.  On the Small 9, the overdate is very clear and there are enough remnants of the underlying 8 to make an "eyeball" attribution.  On the Large 9, the overdate is much less distinct and it appears primarily as a joining of the lower loop and the ball of the 9.  

Five different die varieties comprise the Large 9 overdate (plus two recognized die states).  Three of the varieties are common, one is rare, and the two die states are very scarce to very rare, thus it is worth going through the process of identifying the dies.

The Condition Census for the Large 9 Overdate runs from MS64 to MS66.