1891 HALF DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 6373, 6452
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 200,000
Proofs: 600
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes,
executed by James Barton Longacre; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht, modified
by William Barber
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±193
grains (±12.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) below the eagle on the reverse
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Image courtesy of Mid-American
Rare Coin Galleries
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-66. Ex - Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 214,
illustrated, sold for $3,565.00
Proof-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 436, illustrated, sold for
$1,035.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 480 at
$2,645.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 215, illustrated, sold for $2,300.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
,
Lot 486, illustrated, sold for $1,328.25
MS-63 Prooflike. Ex -
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1768, not
illustrated, sold for $489.00
MS-62. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 1335 at $345.00
Varieties:
Notes:
Proof 1891 Half Dollars were sold by the Mint as part of six-piece
sets consisting of the silver and minor coins in Proof (individual coins were not
sold separately).
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are
6 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"An Index of the Coins
& Medals of The Cabinet of the Mint of the United States at
Philadelphia" by R.A. McClure, Curator, 1891
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