1795 50C MS(PCGS#6052)

March 2020 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1300

等级

XF40

价格

32,364

详细说明

1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. O-119, T-1. Rarity-4. Two Leaves. EF-40 (PCGS). Light pewter gray patina blankets both sides, the peripheries enhanced by warmer olive-gray toning that is more extensive on the obverse. This is a well centered and nicely struck coin in an early half dollar, wear correspondingly light for the assigned grade and the protected design elements retaining razor sharp detail. Relatively smooth in hand, a vertical adjustment mark behind Liberty's profile and a few others scattered about the reverse periphery are as made. Both sides are appreciably lustrous, a feature best seen at direct light angles. In the 2015 reference Early United States Half Dollars, Volume 1: 1794-1807, Steve M. Tompkins lists this as the first die pairing of the 1795-dated half dollar issue. If true, then the mintage for this variety was likely included in the Mint's half dollar deliveries of February 4 and/or March 3, 1795, the totals for which are 18,164 and 60,660 coins, respectively. (Most or all of the February 4 delivery was likely comprised of 1794-dated examples.) The 1795 O-119 die pairing is one of the more frequently encountered for the issue in today's market, and a number of Mint State coins dominate the Condition Census. As a handsome and well preserved EF, the coin offered here will appeal to both circulated type collectors and series specialists. Tompkins Die Stage 2/1. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. PCGS# 6052. NGC ID: 24E7. Click here for certification details from PCGS.