1847 50C XF45 认证号30443213, PCGS号6257

This nice, original coin came from an Ebay auction. Starting with 1847 and stretching through 1852, I noticed Seated halves from that date range didn't show up as often as the previous few years. It took quite awhile to find this "common" date in acceptable condition.

Ron Guth

The 1847 Half Dollar is a relatively common coin.  Its mintage of 1,1456,000 coins is typical of the 1840's and 1850's, if not somewhat low.  Mint State examples are fairly scvarce, mostly because there were few collectors at the time who cared about preserving nice specimens.  The typical Mint State example today is MS-63.  Gems are very rare, and the finest examples certified by PCGS (as of October 2011) is a single PCGS MS-66.