1820 50C No Serifs (Regular Strike)
Series: Capped Bust Half Dollars 1807-1839
PCGS MS65+
CLOSEUP OF MISSING SERIFS
PCGS MS62
- PCGS #:
- 6124
- Designer:
- John Reich
- Edge:
- Lettered: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 32.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.50 grams
- Mintage:
- 751,122
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $46,000 • MS66 • 04-01-2009 • Heritage Auctions
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 MS65+ PCGS grade
Kaufman Collection - Heritage 4/2009:2423, $46,000 |
#2 MS62 PCGS grade
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#3 AU58 PCGS grade
Frederick Collection - Heritage 4/2010:3028, $29,900 |
|
#4 AU55 PCGS grade
Charlton Meyer Collection - Sheridan Downey 7/2008, $12,099 - sold at private treaty 4/2010 for $19,000 |
| #5 XF40 PCGS grade |
| #6 VF35 PCGS grade |
| #6 VF35 PCGS grade |
| #8 VF30 PCGS grade |
| #9 VF25 PCGS grade |
| #9 VF25 PCGS grade |
The 1820 No Serifs Half Dollar is a very rare variety that lacks any trace of a serif on the uprights of each of the E's in the legend on the reverse (the E of E PLURIBUS UNUM is excepted because that was part of the hub and not an individual punch). Only one variety, Overton 107, represents the No Serifs variety. All examples are rare, but Mint State examples are especially so. According to the PCGS Condition Census, the only Mint State 1820 No Serifs Half Dollars known to exist are a PCGS MS62 and a much superior PCGS MS-65.