- PCGS #:
- 6210
- Designer:
- John Reich
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.50 grams
- Mintage:
- 8
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $79,313 • PR65 • 04-24-2013 • Heritage Auctions
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 PR65 PCGS grade
Overton-103. Heritage 4/25/2013:4268, $79,312.50 |
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#2 PR64PCGS grade
Overton-103. Paramount "Auction '79", lot 155 - Bowers & Merena, 8/1999:196 |
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#3 PR63 estimated grade
Overton-103. Samuel H. Chapman, as part of a complete proof set (one of only two complete sets known to him) - Dr. C.A. Allenburger Collection - B. Max Mehl 3/1948:871, %58.50 - John Jay Pittman Collection - David Akers 5/1998:1495, $46,200 - American Numismatic Rarities 12/2003:707 (as NGC PR65), not sold - Heritage 1/2006:3188, $69,000 - Greensboro Collection - Heritage 1/2013:5636, $70,500 |
| #3 PR63 estimated grade |
The 1831 Half Dollar is extremely rare in Proof condition. In recent years, four demonstrably different examples have been confirmed. Older auction citations refer to additional pieces but those coins have either not been examined by experts in recent years or they may be one of the examples known today. Unfortunbately, there is no way to confirm the connection. Heritage sold the finest known example (a PCGS PR65) at auction in April 2013 for $79,312.50.
Of the four known 1831 Half Dollar Proofs, three are of the Overton-103 variety, and one is of the Overton-108 variety.