August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Breathtaking 1846-O Medium Date Half Dollar
1846-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-5. Rarity-4. Medium Date. Repunched Date. MS-65+ (PCGS). CAC.
A wonderful early New Orleans Mint half dollar that ranks as the single finest 1846-O Medium Date example seen by both PCGS and CAC. Rich, original toning is seen on both sides of this intensely lustrous piece. Vivid powder blue and reddish-apricot iridescence engages the peripheries and yields to lighter pinkish-silver tinting toward the centers. The strike is razor sharp over all design elements, and the surfaces are remarkably well preserved for this New Orleans Mint issue. With a mintage of 2,304,000 pieces the 1846-O is readily available in circulated condition and the vast majority of examples display the Medium Date logotype. As with most Liberty Seated half dollars from the 1840s, however, the 1846-O develops into a significant condition rarity in Mint State. This outstanding premium Gem is virtually unimprovable, a top Condition Census coin that will please even the most discerning numismatist.
PCGS# 6255. NGC ID: 27SW.
PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. CAC Stickered Population: 1; 0.
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from Larry Whitlow and Mike Printz, January 2009; Eugene H. Gardner; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II, October 2014, lot 98485; Legend Rare Coin Auctions' Regency Auction 41, October 2020, lot 182.
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| Price realized | 24'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 25'000 USD |
