1795 50C O-120 (Regular Strike)
Series: Flowing Hair Half Dollars 1794-1795
PCGS VF30
- PCGS #:
- 39237
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.48 grams
- Mintage:
- 299,680
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $42,300 • MS62 • 01-07-2015 • Heritage Auctions
Die Varieties
- 1795 50C O-101
- 1795 50C O-102
- 1795 50C O-102a
- 1795 50C O-102b
- 1795 50C O-103
- 1795 50C O-103a
- 1795 50C O-104
- 1795 50C O-105
- 1795 50C O-105a
- 1795 50C O-106
- 1795 50C O-107
- 1795 50C O-107a
- 1795 50C O-108
- 1795 50C O-108a
- 1795 50C O-109
- 1795 50C O-110
- 1795 50C O-110a
- 1795 50C O-114
- 1795 50C O-115
- 1795 50C O-116
- 1795 50C O-117
- 1795 50C O-117a
- 1795 50C O-118
- 1795 50C O-119
- 1795 50C O-120
- 1795 50C O-122
- 1795 50C O-123
- 1795 50C O-123a
- 1795 50C O-124
- 1795 50C O-125
- 1795 50C O-130
- 1795 50C O-130, Silver Plug
- 1795 50C O-131
- 1795 50C O-132
- 1795 50C O-133
- 1795 50C O-121, Y over Star
- 1795 50C O-121a ,Y over Star
- 1795 50C O-129, S over D
- 1795 50C O-129a, S over D
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 AU58 estimated grade
Heritage 1/2015:4121, $42,300 |
| #2 XF40 estimated grade |
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#3 VF30 PCGS grade
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| #3 VF30 estimated grade |
| #3 VF30 estimated grade |
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#6 VF20 estimated grade
Michael Summers, sold privately in 7/1999 - Westmoreland County Collection - Heritage 1/2008:2841, $18,400 |
The 1795 O-120 Half Dollar is one of the rarest varieties of the year, and certainly one of the toughest die varieties of the entire series. Perhaps a dozen or so are known, but no one has compared pictures in auction catalogs to our knowledge, thus there may be fewer actual examples available to collectors. Until recently, the finest example known of this variety was estimated to be XF40. However, in 2015, Heritage sold an NGC MS62 example for $42,300 in January 2015 No other example comes close.
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