1806 50C Pointed 6, Stem (Regular Strike)

Series: Draped Bust Half Dollars 1796-1807

PCGS MS66+

PCGS MS66+

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PCGS #:
6071
Designer:
Robert Scot
Edge:
Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
Diameter:
32.50 millimeters
Weight:
13.50 grams
Mintage:
839,576
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
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Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More

Grades Survival
Estimate
Numismatic
Rarity
Relative Rarity
By Type
Relative Rarity
By Series
All Grades 2,500 R-4.5 12 / 13 15 / 16
60 or Better 100 R-8.0 11 / 13 14 / 16
65 or Better 12 R-9.5 4 / 13 6 / 16
Survival Estimate
All Grades 2,500
60 or Better 100
65 or Better 12
Numismatic Rarity
All Grades R-4.5
60 or Better R-8.0
65 or Better R-9.5
Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type
All Grades 12 / 13
60 or Better 11 / 13
65 or Better 4 / 13
Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades 15 / 16
60 or Better 14 / 16
65 or Better 6 / 16

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 MS67 PCGS grade
2 MS66+ PCGS grade
3 MS66 PCGS grade

Superior 5/1990:3788, $115,500 - “Dime Box Silver” Collection

3 MS66 PCGS grade

Bangs & Co., 3/24/1881 - T. Harrison Garrett Collection - Robert Garrett Collection - John Work Garrett Collection - Johns Hopkins University Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 11/1979:285 - James Bennett Pryor Collection - Bowers & Merena 1/1996):12 - Heritage 8/2015:4052, $182,125

5 MS65+ PCGS grade  
	PCGS #6071 (MS) 65+

Stack's 10/1994:480, $24,750 - Heritage 1/2010:2541, $92,000

5 MS65+ PCGS grade

Heritage 1/2015:4125, $117,500

7 MS65 PCGS grade MS65 PCGS grade

Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:1692, $30,800 - Heritage 8/1998:6602, $21,563 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack’s/Bowers & Sotheby’s 5/2015:1114, $82,250 - Dale Friend Collection

7 MS65 PCGS grade

Alto III Collection - Superior 5/2005:3516, $37,950 - Heritage 4/2015:5073, $88,125

7 MS65 PCGS grade
7 MS65 PCGS grade
#1 MS67 PCGS grade
#2 MS66+ PCGS grade
#3 MS66 PCGS grade

Superior 5/1990:3788, $115,500 - “Dime Box Silver” Collection

#3 MS66 PCGS grade

Bangs & Co., 3/24/1881 - T. Harrison Garrett Collection - Robert Garrett Collection - John Work Garrett Collection - Johns Hopkins University Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 11/1979:285 - James Bennett Pryor Collection - Bowers & Merena 1/1996):12 - Heritage 8/2015:4052, $182,125

 
	PCGS #6071 (MS) 65+ 
#5 MS65+ PCGS grade

Stack's 10/1994:480, $24,750 - Heritage 1/2010:2541, $92,000

#5 MS65+ PCGS grade

Heritage 1/2015:4125, $117,500

MS65 PCGS grade #7 MS65 PCGS grade

Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:1692, $30,800 - Heritage 8/1998:6602, $21,563 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack’s/Bowers & Sotheby’s 5/2015:1114, $82,250 - Dale Friend Collection

#7 MS65 PCGS grade

Alto III Collection - Superior 5/2005:3516, $37,950 - Heritage 4/2015:5073, $88,125

#7 MS65 PCGS grade
#7 MS65 PCGS grade
Ron Guth:

The 1806 Pointed 6, Stems Half Dollar is one of the more common major types of the year. Nineteen different Overton varieties, plus their die states, comprise the entire mintage of this major variety. As such, collectors have many opportunities to acquire an example in a wide range of grades, including Mint State (PCGS has certified more Mint State examples of this type than any other -- by far). The PCGS CoinFacts Condition Census starts at MS64+ and goes up from there. The record price for this date was achieved by the Garrett coin when it reappeared at auction in 2015 and sold (as a PCGS MS66) for $182,125. However, there is an even better example "out there" -- a PCGS MS67 that has yet to come to market. That coin is the single finest Draped Bust Half Dollar in existence.