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1900 Barber Half, MS67
Tied for Finest Known, Ex: Duckor

1900 50C MS67 PCGS Secure. CAC. Ex: Duckor/Akers. This Superb Gem is tied with just one other as the finest 1900 Barber half at PCGS, equal to the MS67 NGC Price-Hugon coin and finer than any others we have handled. These three MS67 pieces are the finest examples of this date known (9/15). The population and auction data clearly illustrate the rarity of high-grade 1900 Barber halves. The story is seemingly repeated from year to year: Millions of coins were minted at the Philadelphia Mint (4.7 million in 1900), but few contemporary collectors saved them, preferring proof examples instead. As a result, some of the rarest Barber halves in high grade are those business strikes from the Philadelphia Mint.

This Superb Gem exhibits a first-glance impression of a proof, boasting mirrored fields, old-time toning, and boldly rendered motifs. However, a loupe reveals trivial incompleteness on the eagle's right (facing) talons and arrow fletchings, aiding in its authentication as a true circulation strike, and one of the finest known therein. The obverse displays ivory toning at the center, with a frame of rose, lilac, blue, and green. The reverse is lighter, with pastel gold at the center. The peripheries exhibit delicate lilac and sea-green. Magnification is necessary to see a few trivial surface grazes on each side.
Ex: David Akers; The Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Barber Half Dollar Collection / ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/2010), lot 3197.
From The Greensboro Collection, Part VI.(Registry values: N4719)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24M9, PCGS# 6486, Greysheet# 6561)

Weight: 12.50 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

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