1801 50C O-101, T-2, R.2, MS63 PCGS. CAC....

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1801 Half Dollar, MS63
O-101, Single Finest at PCGS
Ex: Pogue-Robison-Hayes

1801 50C O-101, T-2, R.2, MS63 PCGS. CAC. Ex: Pogue-O'Neal. Tompkins Die State 3/4. The combination of a Draped Bust obverse and Small Eagle reverse appeared on the half dollars of 1796 and 1797. Four years later, the Mint again struck examples of the denomination, this time with the new Heraldic Eagle design that was patterned after the Great Seal of the United States. The mintage was a mere 30,289 coins in 1801, from a single obverse die and two reverse dies. Survivors are mostly in lower grades. The average certified grade is in the VF range.

Specialists know that the 1801 is the rarest early half dollar date to obtain in Uncirculated condition, even rarer than the celebrated 1796 and 1797. Here is an amazing problem-free example with satiny luster beneath mottled steel and champagne toning over light gray surfaces. Both sides have faint clash marks, and the reverse has lumps and scattered rust pits as always seen on this variety. The top four coins in the Spring 2022 Stephen J. Herrman census are the present lot; an example that appeared in Stack's Northern Bay Part III auction, Choice Uncirculated and blatantly retoned; the Eugene H. Gardner specimen, NGC MS62; and the Queller Family specimen, MS60 PCGS. The Census drops sharply from there, with only a couple AU coins, before reaching the XF level where this date becomes more available.
Ex: ANA Sale (Stack's, 8/1976), lot 1089; Elli Robison Collection, Part III (Stack's, 12/1982), lot 822; Jimmy Hayes Collection / 50th Anniversary Sale (Stack's, 10/1985), lot 51; Ft. Lauderdale Rarities (Bowers and Merena (1/2005), lot 525; Ex: Joseph C. Thomas Collection./ Central States Signature (Heritage, 4-5/2009), lot 2391; D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part I (Stack's Bowers, 5/2015), lot 1104.
The Jim O'Neal Collection of U.S. Half Dollar Types.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24ED, Variety PCGS# 39267, Base PCGS# 6064, Greysheet# 193712)

Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper
Weight: 13.48 grams
ASW: 0.42oz

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