1805 50C Overton 114 (Regular Strike)
Series: Draped Bust Half Dollars 1796-1807
F12 estimated grade
Image courtesy Superior Galleries
PCGS VG8
- PCGS #:
- 39289
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.50 grams
- Mintage:
- 211,722
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $55,200 • VG8 • 11-20-2019 • Stack's Bowers
Die Varieties
- 1805 50C Overton 104
- 1805 50C Overton 104a
- 1805 50C Overton 105
- 1805 50C Overton 105a
- 1805 50C Overton 106
- 1805 50C Overton 107
- 1805 50C Overton 108
- 1805 50C Overton 109
- 1805 50C Overton 109a
- 1805 50C Overton 110
- 1805 50C Overton 111
- 1805 50C Overton 112
- 1805 50C Overton 112a
- 1805 50C Overton 113
- 1805 50C Overton 113a
- 1805 50C Overton 114
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 F12 estimated grade
Richard Pugh - Superior 5/1992:759, $15,400 |
| #1 F12 estimated grade |
The 1805 Overton 114 is one of the rarest of all early Half Dollar varities. Only two examples are known, and the second was discovered long ago in 1987 by Pichard Pugh. Hundreds of collectors covet this variety and look to the 1987 cherry-pick as inspiration for their continued search.
1805 Overton 114 shares an obverse with Overton 107. Both show a very small 5 in the date, apparently the same punch as the one used on the Quarter Dollar. This makes the variety easy to identify: look for the small five, and if the reverse has only four berries in the olive branch, you have a winner.
The two examples of the 1805 Overton 114 Half Dollar are roughly equal in grade, and both are rated as VG-10 to F-12 (depending on which expert or auction catalog is being consulted).
The last auction appearance of an 1805 Overton 114 Half Dollar was in 1992, when the Pugh coin sold for $15,400. Today, its value would be considerably higher.