1794 50C Fine 15 PCGS....

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Attractive 1794 Fine 15 Half Dollar, O-101

1794 50C Fine 15 PCGS. O-101, R.3. This variety is confirmed by star 1 piercing the lowest curl near the center, point of star 15 joining the lower edge of the bust, ten berries left and eleven right, and a die crack from the edge to the pair of leaves below the first S of STATES.
The 1794 half dollar comes with a mintage of 23,464 pieces. According to mint records, Chief Coiner Henry Voigt delivered 5,300 half dollars on October 15, 1794, followed by 18,164 more on February 4, 1795 from 1794-dated dies. In his Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins, Walter Breen writes that: "Survivors are mostly well worn; collectors were very few, and the general public remained slow to squirrel away choice ones."
The Fine 15 specimen being offered in this lot possesses attractive natural gray patination, with the slightly darker fields highlighting the lighter design elements. Nice definition is apparent on the design features, and the surfaces are remarkably clean for a moderately circulated coin.(Registry values: N2998)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24E6, PCGS# 6051, Greysheet# 6118)

Weight: 13.48 grams

Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper

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