1853-O HALF DOLLAR - ARROWHEADS AT
DATE, RAYS ON REVERSE
(see also 1853-O
Half Dollar -
No Arrowheads at Date, No Rays on Reverse)
PCGS No: 6276
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,328,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes,
executed by James Barton Longacre; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±192
grains (±12.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 1303 at $805.00 From the sale of the Harold A. Blauvelt Collection,
February 1977, Lot 1275
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 415, not illustrated, sold for
$690.00
AU-50 Cleaned. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16,
18-20, 2001, Lot 1754, not illustrated, sold for $414.00
EF. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13,
2000, Lot 439 at $253.00
VF-30 Cleaned. Ex-
Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach
Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6825, "Breen-4842," not
illustrated, sold for $69.00
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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