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FUN Signature US Coin Sale 1251 4-6 & 8-9 Jan 2017
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Bust Half Dollars
1815/2 50C O-101a, R.3, XF40 PCGS. Smooth, warm-gray surfaces display finely mottled deep-gray and orange-tan accents around the raised devices for the pleasing, original appeal of this XF half. Struck from a late state of the dies, with the reverse cracked across the arrowheads and through the denomination plus additional cracks within the legend. The Mint lacked not only silver bullion in 1815, but useable dies were in short supply as well. An unused 1812 die pair was overdated for the entire half dollar mintage of 47,150 pieces.
1815/2 50C O-101a, R.3, XF40 PCGS. Smooth, warm-gray surfaces display finely mottled deep-gray and orange-tan accents around the raised devices for the pleasing, original appeal of this XF half. Struck from a late state of the dies, with the reverse cracked across the arrowheads and through the denomination plus additional cracks within the legend. The Mint lacked not only silver bullion in 1815, but useable dies were in short supply as well. An unused 1812 die pair was overdated for the entire half dollar mintage of 47,150 pieces.