1873 HALF DOLLAR - NO ARROWHEADS AT
DATE
(see also 1873
Half Dollar - Arrowheads at Date)
PCGS No: 6431
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 801,200
Proofs: 600
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: None (for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
Gem Brilliant Proof. Ex - Stack's "65th
Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1011, "No Arrows,
Closed 3", plated, sold for $4,312.50
Very Choice Brilliant
Proof. Ex - Stack's "65th
Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1012, "No Arrows,
Closed 3", ot plated, sold for $920.00
NGC Proof-63. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6258, not illustrated, sold for $776.25
Proof-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1759,
"Closed 3", sold for $546.25
MS-64. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
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Lot 476, "No Arrow, Close 3", illustrated, sold for $2,645.00
MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1758,
"Closed 3", unsold
NGC EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 207, "Open 3", illustrated,
sold for $3,910.00
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 422, "Open 3",
illustrated, not sold
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated "Closed 3" examples graded by
PCGS are 2 MS-65's.
The finest Uncirculated "Open 3" example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-63.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
The finest Proof "Open
3" example graded by PCGS is a single PR-62.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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