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Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8362, illustrated, sold
for $4,370.00
AU-50, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5556,
"O-101a, Large 8", not plated, sold for $195.50
Notes:
The Large 8 on the 1818 Overton
101 was the only use of that punch since 1815 (all of the 1817 dated Half
Dollars feature a Small 8 and the Large 8's used from
1820 on are of a completely different shape and style).
Interestingly enough, the 8 punch used to create the overdate was the
Small 8 punch used on all of the other half dollar varieties of 1818,
raising the possibility that the Large 8 punch no longer existed in 1818
and that the 1817 die had actually been prepared as early as 1815!
The finest "1818/7 Large 8" example graded by PCGS is a single
MS-65.
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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