1905-O 50C MS(PCGS#6502)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1409

等级

MS65

价格

23,595

详细说明

1905-O Barber Half Dollar. MS-65 (PCGS). OGH. Seldom do Mint State survivors of this challenging New Orleans Mint issue possess the above average striking quality and superior surface preservation of this notable condition rarity. Detail on the obverse is universally full, that on the reverse is also complete apart from a touch of trivial softness within the eagle's plumage immediately surrounding the shield. Highly lustrous and otherwise brilliant, with a blush of golden iridescence on the obverse. The 1905-O is among the more readily identifiable key date issues in the Barber half dollar series due to a mintage of 505,000 coins. As with so many O-Mint issues in this series, the coiners in the Crescent City did a poor job with the 1905-O. In addition, few contemporary Americans were interested in preserving mintmarked Barber coinage. As Q. David Bowers (2019) remarks concerning Gem Uncirculated coins: "Most of these survived as a matter of chance, not intent. At the time, probably no more than a dozen or so numismatists were assembling collections of Uncirculated coins." It has been a decade since we last offered a Gem Mint State example of this challenging issue, and just as long since we have offered an Uncirculated coin in any grade that is as sharply struck and lustrous as the Larry H. Miller specimen. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. PCGS Population: 11; 15 finer (MS-68 finest). PCGS# 6502. NGC ID: 24MS. Click here for certification details from PCGS.