1907-O BARBER HALF DOLLAR
PCGS No: 6510
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,946,600
Proofs: 0
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±30.6 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±12.5 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans) just below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Early
American History Auctions
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-66. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000, Lot 6275, illustrated, not sold
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
1068, not plated, sold for $632.50
About Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 504, sold for $287.50
Extremely Fine. Ex -
Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1069,
not plated, sold for $161.00
Notes:
"...the 1907-O is probably
the worst struck coin of the Barber Half series. However, it makes up in
surface quality and luster what it lacks in strike - there are four graded
MS 67 [as of 1999]! "Mumps" specimens are fairly common and most
exaggerated in this date. 1907-O has increased in rarity from R1 [Very
Common] to R2 [Common] since 1991."1
The finest example graded by
PCGS is a single MS-67.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, January 2002" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
1. "The Complete Guide To Certified Barber Coinage" by David
& John Feigenbaum
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