1843-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1. Rarity-4. MS-66 (NGC).
A satiny Gem with rich gold, violet, and neon-blue iridescence on frosty, highly lustrous surfaces. Sharply struck as well, with even the finest design details boldly rendered. The 1843-O is one of the more plentiful New Orleans Mint half dollars from the 1840s, the mintage a respectable 2,268,000 pieces. This comment applies only to circulated coins, however, as in Mint State this issue is very scarce with a Rarity-5+ rating per Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert ( The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars, 1993). At the pinnacle of the certificated grading scale for the issue, the Gardner specimen offered here is a landmark condition rarity fit for inclusion in the finest collection of Liberty Seated and/or New Orleans Mint silver coinage.
PCGS# 6244. NGC ID: 24GY.
Combined PCGS and NGC Population: 1; 0 finer.
From our (Stack's) Medio and Da Costa Gomez Collections sale, June 2004, lot 1031; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II, October 2014, lot 98480.

Estimate: $12000