1807 HALF DOLLAR -
OVERTON 114
Variety nickname:
Large Stars, Normal Denomination
PCGS No: 6088
Rarity: Scarce
Notes:
The finest 1807 Capped Bust
"Large Stars, Normal Denomination" Half Dollars graded by PCGS
is 2 MS-64's.
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
NGC MS-65 (illustrated above). Overton 114. Ex - B. Max
Mehl, November 1954 - Auctions by Bowers & Merena, Inc.
"Norweb" Sale, November 1988 - Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale,
October 1-3, 2000, Lot 3273, where it was described (in part) as follows: "Light
clash marks on either side. For the variety (O-114) it sits at
the top of the Condition Census of six finest know (65, 60, 60, 60,
58, 55). Overton-114 has small die defect lumps below the 7 in date.
Stars are large and well formed; LIBERTY has cross lines in the
bottom of the letters although B is unfinished at top. The reverse
number 50 has small, slender numerals. Two lower arrowheads are
firmly joined, while the upper one is separate."
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Early
Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836", Third Edition, by Al C.
Overton
"The PCGS Population Report,
April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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