1807 HALF DOLLAR -
OVERTON 105
Rarity: Common |
Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Superior Galleries
"Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 2536, sold
for $10,350.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 194,
"O-105a", illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-62. Ex –
American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
462, "Overton-105, Rarity-2, Draped Bust"
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August
6-7, 2000, Lot 5974, "O-105", illustrated, sold for $4,485.00
NGC MS-61 (illustrated
above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale,
October 1-3, 2000, Lot 3272, where it was described as follows: "Crisp
silvery white frost with virtually no toning except around the stars and
LIBERTY. Well centered on a defect-free planchet. A handsome example of
this final year of the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle type. In Overton-105
the 1 in date is joined to the curl. On the reverse, the eagle's beak
joins the star point to point. A small lump from a chip in the die shows
near the milling between S of STATES and O of OF. Also, there is a crack
joining STATES OF at top."
ANACS AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8351, illustrated,
sold for $2,817.50 From the Collection of Dr. Joseph M. Seventko
Extremely Fine. Ex -
Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 900,
"Overton 105", not plated, sold for $632.50
Very Good. Ex -
Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 901,
"Overton 105", not plated, sold for $172.50
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Early
Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836", Third Edition, by Al C.
Overton and Don Parsley
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