1842 HALF DOLLAR -
Medium Date, Large Letters Reverse
PCGS No: 6239
Rarity:
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht; reverse by Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±206
grains (±13.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Galleries
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
1842 half dollar from the wreck
of the S.S. Central America. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
912, illustrated, sold for $1,265.00. The obverse was
well-protected at the bottom of the Atlantic with VG or better detail and
a bare minimum of corrosion, the reverse was exposed where it was not
partially exposed by another coin and heavily corroded at the left side,
the large right portion of the reverse not substantially affected.
Notes:
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