1803 50C Small 3, Large Reverse Stars, O-104, T-4, R.3, MS62 PCGS. CAC....

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1803 O-104 Half Dollar, MS62
Small 3, Large Reverse Stars
Ex: Queller-Gardner

1803 50C Small 3, Large Reverse Stars, O-104, T-4, R.3, MS62 PCGS. CAC. Ex: O'Neal. Tompkins Die State 3/3. Pastel powder-blue, pink-red, and steel-gray toning endows this high Condition Census Overton-104 half dollar. Sharply defined design elements prevail, save for flatness in the star centers at the left obverse border (due to slightly out of parallel dies) and on the eagle's head (due the high relief of Liberty's shoulder). Both sides are minimally abraded. A later die state with a crack from the rim above the first S in STATES that travels across the clouds, then rises through the last S. The Small 3 has no upright serif on the top crossbar. Unlike O-101 and O-102, but similar to O-103, the reverse exhibits large stars. Despite only four die marriages, 1803 half dollars are available by the standards of the Heraldic Eagle type, but demand for the O-104 surpasses the other three varieties since it provides the sole path to the Small 3 Guide Book listing.

The Spring 2022 Revision of Stephen J. Herrman's Auction Prices Realized lists the present coin second among 1803 Overton-104 half dollars, trailing only the MS64 PCGS Hawn-Pogue specimen. It is pedigreed to two of the most famous collections formed in recent decades, Queller and Gardner. In the 2002 Queller catalog, it was described as "a simply incredible coin with superb quality and eye appeal, the second finest seen, exceeded only by the Reed Hawn specimen." Later, it became part of one of the greatest collections of 19th-century silver U.S. coinage, the Eugene Gardner Collection.
Ex: Purchased from Stack's privately (12/1982); Queller Family Collection of Half Dollars (Stack's, 10/2002), lot 33; Robert Michael Prescott Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 1/2006), lot 529; Eugene H. Gardner Collection (Heritage, 6/2014), lot 30466.
The Jim O'Neal Collection of U.S. Half Dollar Types.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24EF, Variety PCGS# 39274, Base PCGS# 6067, Greysheet# 194091)

Weight: 13.48 grams

Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper

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