1796 50C 15 Stars, Overton 101 (Regular Strike)
Series: Draped Bust Half Dollars 1796-1807
PCGS MS62+
PCGS MS62
PCGS AU58+
- PCGS #:
- 39261
- Designer:
- Robert Scot/John Eckstein
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.48 grams
- Mintage:
- 934
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $312,000 • MS62+ • 08-25-2021 • Stack's Bowers
Die Varieties
- 1796 50C 15 Stars, Overton 101
Condition Census What Is This?
| #1 MS66 estimated grade |
| #2 MS64 estimated grade |
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#3 MS63 PCGS grade
J.M. Clapp - John H. Clapp - Clapp Estate, 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:1673, $110,000 - Heritage 8/2006:5222, $310,500 - Stack's 7/2009:523, $270,000 |
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#4 MS63 estimated grade
Norman Stack's type set - Superior 8/1991:501, $198,000 - John Whitney Collection - Stack's 5/1999:1776, $120,750 - American Numismatic Rarities 9/2005:388, $310,500 |
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#5 MS62 PCGS grade
Bowers & Merena 3/1989:1990 - American Numismatic Rarities 8/2004:418, $189,750 - Southwest Collection - Heritage 2/2008:528, $373,750 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack’s/Bowers & Sotheby’s 5/2015:1101 |
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#6 MS62 estimated grade
Waldo C. Newcomer - Colonel E.H.R. Green - T. James Clarke - New Netherlands 4/1956:1195 - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 11/1988:3024 - Bowers & Merena “Dennis Irving Long Collection” 1/1990:256 - Stack's 10/2000:876 - American Numismatic Rarities “Frog Run Farm Collection” 11/2004:1236, $201,250 - Bowers & Merena 11/2010:1908, $299,000 |
LOT 1101 1796 Draped Bust Half Dollar
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