1836 50C Lettered Edge (Proof)
Series: Capped Bust Half Dollars 1817-1839
PCGS PR66+
PCGS PR65+
PCGS PR64+
- PCGS #:
- 6221
- Designer:
- John Reich
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.50 grams
- Mintage:
- 10
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $111,550 • PR67 • 08-04-2007 • Bowers & Merena
Major Varieties
- 1836 50C Lettered Edge
- 1836 50C Lettered Edge, CAM
- 1836 50C 50/00, Lettered Edge
- 1836/1336 50C Overton 108, CAM
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PR66+ PCGS grade
Matthew Adams Stickney Collection, purchased sometime before 1854 - Henry Chapman 6/1907:1026 - Heritage 1/2006:3189, $109,250 - Greensboro Collection - Heritage 1/2013:5641, $94,000 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 2/2016:3086, $152,750 |
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#2 PR66 estimated grade
George H. Earle Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1912:2957 (but not described as a Proof) - John H. Clapp - Clapp estate, 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:1906 - Bowers & Merena 8/2007:688, $111,550 |
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#3 PR65+ PCGS grade
Heritage 1/2016:5366, $70,500 |
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#4 PR65 PCGS grade
Heritage 10/2006:1155 - Greensboro Collection - Heritage 1/2013:5640, $76,375 |
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#4 PR65 estimated grade
"Colonel" E.H.R. Green - Green Estate - Partnership of Eric P. Newman & B.G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) - Eric P. Newman, who paid $40.00 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 11/2013:33461, $96,937.50 |
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#6 PR64+ PCGS grade
New Netherlands Coin Company, sold privately on 8/16/1954 - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 11/1988:3114, $9,900 - Heritage 4/2013:4269, $38,187.50 - D.L. Hansen Collection |
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#7 PR64 PCGS grade
J. Colvin Randall Collection - John Work Garrett Collection - Johns Hopkins University Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 11/1979:328, $34,000 - Bowers & Merena 1/1999:1135, $36,800 |
#8 PR63 PCGS grade
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| #8 PR63 PCGS grade |
| #8 PR63 PCGS grade |