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FUN Signature US Coin Sale 1251 4-6 & 8-9 Jan 2017
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1794 50C O-101a, T-7, High R.3, XF40 NGC. Tompkins Die Stage 1/4, with a crack through the F in OF that turns left, traveling through the leaf to the last S in STATES. O-101 is the most frequently encountered die marriage among 1794 half dollars. It is identified by star 1 piercing the curl, star 9 far from the Y, and the leaf pair centered under OF. This first-year half dollar is boldly impressed with trivial merging over the curls and breast feathers. An original layer of attractive olive and violet-gray patina blankets each side. Close inspection turns up a couple of small linear depressions on the obverse, but they pale in comparison to the larger significance of this offering. Census (all varieties): 13 in 40, 29 finer (11/16).
1794 50C O-101a, T-7, High R.3, XF40 NGC. Tompkins Die Stage 1/4, with a crack through the F in OF that turns left, traveling through the leaf to the last S in STATES. O-101 is the most frequently encountered die marriage among 1794 half dollars. It is identified by star 1 piercing the curl, star 9 far from the Y, and the leaf pair centered under OF. This first-year half dollar is boldly impressed with trivial merging over the curls and breast feathers. An original layer of attractive olive and violet-gray patina blankets each side. Close inspection turns up a couple of small linear depressions on the obverse, but they pale in comparison to the larger significance of this offering. Census (all varieties): 13 in 40, 29 finer (11/16).