August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Outstanding 1897-O Half Dollar
1897-O Barber Half Dollar. MS-66+ (PCGS).
With fresh mint luster in the fields and well struck devices aside from the claw, arrow feathers and right shoulder feathers, where typical, albeit minor striking softness is seen. Satiny and white through the centers with a ring of peripheral blue and gold iridescence reaching the stars and legends. A loupe will find a couple of trivial ticks near Liberty's eye, and a minor scuff near the tip of her bust, all of which are minor features that we mention here solely as identifiers. This issue's mintage figure of 632,000 coins - one of the lowest in the series - is a significant factor in explaining the key date status of the 1897-O even in middle circulated grades such as Fine and Very Fine. David Lawrence (1991) describes this issue as, "The scarcest date in the set from AU to MS-62." Gems are rare by any measure, the finest examples of this issue having graced some of the most famous Barber half dollar collections ever formed, including those of Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Dale Friend, Steven L. Duckor, John C. Hugon, James Bennett Pryor, and Larry H. Miller. The winning bidder of this lot will be acquiring one of the most highly regarded survivors of this challenging key date.
PCGS# 6478. NGC ID: 24LZ.
PCGS Population: 2; 3 finer (MS-68 finest).
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from Abe Kosoff; our (Stack's) sale of the Northern Bay Collection, Part III, May 2006, lot 4395; Harry Laibstain, July 1, 2006; Heritage's sale of the Dr. Peter and Janice Shireman Collection, January 2016 FUN Signature Auction, lot 5391.
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| Price realized | 8'750 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 15'000 USD |
