1908-D 50C MS66+ PCGS Secure. CAC....

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Estimable 1908-D Half Dollar, MS66+
The Amazing Norweb-Price Specimen

1908-D 50C MS66+ PCGS Secure. CAC. Ex: Duckor/Price/Norweb. The obverse has a faint die crack at the bust tip, a small die chip hanging down from the left corner of the bust, a crack at star 5, and another at the tops of OD. The reverse is perfect, with the mintmark close to the eagle's tail, slightly right of center, and canted minutely to the right. Slight weakness is evident at the arrow feathers and claw, with all other design definition bold. Pristine surfaces are frosty and brilliant, with full mint frost beneath delicate gold toning. Only a few trivial blemishes have prevented a higher grade. A few dark spots on the reverse provide pedigree identification.
The Norweb cataloger wrote: "Although the 1908-D is not one of the scarcest varieties in the Barber series, in this elegant preservation the piece must be deemed elusive." A decade later, David Akers wrote: "This is a fairly common issue that is easily obtained below the Gem level, but Gem quality examples are certainly very scarce."
Gem and finer examples of the 1908-D Barber half dollar are elusive but more available than most other issues. PCGS has graded 40 submissions of this issue in MS65 or finer, making it an ideal coin for the type collector. Population (6/10): MS66 (8); MS66+ (1); MS67 (4).
Ex: Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 11/1988), lot 3645; Dr. Thaine B. Price (David Akers, 5/1998), lot 175.
From The Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Barber Half Dollar Collection.(Registry values: N4719)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24N5, PCGS# 6513, Greysheet# 6612)

Weight: 12.50 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

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