Tag Archive for: Draped Bust Half Dollars

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Coin 264 – 1796. 15 stars, Overton 101 Draped Bust Half Dollars PCGS Specimen 63

Coin Number 264 This is one of the most important early type coins in this collection. It is fully prooflike with reflective mirror fields and frosted devices. Both sides show small lintmarks, literally fragments of threads from the planchet…
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Coin 265 – 1797, Overton 101a Draped Bust Half Dollars PCGS MS-66

Coin Number 265 This is tied for the finest circulation strike 1797 half dollar known, along with the next example, also in the Tyrant collection. The surfaces are incredible, with glorious satin luster throughout, and the entire surface is…
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Coin 266 – 1797, Overton 101 Draped Bust Half Dollars PCGS MS-66

Coin Number 266 This is tied for the finest 1797 half dollar known, a companion piece to the previous example in the collection, it comes from the Leland Rogers Collection and the D. Brent Pogue Collection before finding its way into the Tyrant…
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Coin 267 – 1806. Pointed 6, stem through claw, Overton 120 Draped Bust Half Dollars NGC MS-64

Coin Number 267 The obverse displays classic light silver luster with a touch of copper accents from toning over the past few centuries. The fields and devices are free of all but the most minute ticks. Matching on the reverse where the devices…
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Coin 268 – 1807, Overton 110 Draped Bust Half Dollars NGC MS-65

Coin Number 268 For this 1807 half dollar the obverse designs continued with those introduced in 1796 with the Draped Bust of Liberty. The reverse is the Heraldic Eagle design, based on the Great Seal of the United States. This features an…