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535
1819, 9 over 8. Large 9. Overton-103a, Rarity 4
.
PCGS
graded EF-45
. Nicely toned with turquoise circles around the
edge on both sides.
Pop 3; 3 finer for the variety, 2 in 55, 1
in 58.
(
PCGS # 39558
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $250 - 300
536
1819, 9 over 8. Small 9. Overton-101, Rarity 1
.
PCGS
graded EF-45
. Lightly toned. Incorrectly labeled as "Large 9"
by PCGS. (
PCGS # 6119
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $225 - 250
537
1820. Curl Base 2, Small Date. O-103, Rarity-1
.
PCGS
graded VF-35
. Nice old time toning, a very pleasing example
of this slightly lower mintage date (only 751,122 were struck).
(
PCGS # 6121
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $120 - 130
538
1820. Square base, no knob 2, large date. Overton-106,
Rarity 1
.
PCGS graded VF-25
. Nicely toned with the deeper
area offset by light accents of silvery gray on the star-tops and
design high points. Mintage declined somewhat in 1820 when
only 751,122 half dollars were minted. Eight die varieties are
recorded for the year. The 1820 half dollars are grouped into
broad categories by the type of “2” punch used to punch-in the
date. The very basic distinction is the curl base or square base
of the numeral. The square base 2 punch is also subdivided into
knobbed top or no knob on top.
School history texts are often silent on the United States'first
true economic Depression caused by loose money, misallocated
spending on roads, canals, and real estate speculation after the
war with Great Britain ended in 1815. What is now called the
Panic of 1819 in the more studious history books scarcely
describes the intense pain felt by speculators, bankers and the
general working man after the boom ended. That a large per-
centage of the population still farmed protected them from the
harsher aspects that town people experienced. Perhaps this
decline in Half Dollar production, which at the time was the
hardest working silver denomination and a large export item, is
the result of that almost-forgotten Hard Times episode. (
PCGS
# 6123
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $100 - 110
539
1821. Overton-104, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded EF-40
. Nicely
toned. Well struck and attractive.
Pop 1; 6 finer for the vari-
ety, 1 in 45, 2 in 50, 1 in 55, 2 in 58.
(
PCGS # 39580
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $150 - 160
540
1822. Overton-106, Rarity 3
.
PCGS graded EF-45
. Nice
even toning on both sides. (
PCGS # 6129
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $200 - 225
541
1822. Overton-108, Rarity 3
.
ANACS graded EF-45
.
Lightly toned. Here, as before, beautiful (and natural) patina
prevails, shifting from darker old-silver color to lighter rubbed-
silver highlights. Very attractive devices, we might add. Housed
in an ANACS Old Style Holder.
Estimated Value ................................................... $130 - 140
542
1822. Overton-110, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded EF-40
. Nice
light gray color. Some residual luster around the stars. (
PCGS #
6129
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $130 - 140
543
1822, 2 over 1. Overton-101, Rarity 1
.
PCGS graded AU-
50
. Well struck with lovely light gold toning. (
PCGS # 39604
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $550 - 600
544
1823. Overton-111, Rarity 3
.
PCGS graded EF-40
. Evenly
toned. Diagnostic small die line or spike on Star 7. Very pleasing
deep old gray patina in the fields, highlighted by lighter gray
portrait. (
PCGS # 6131
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $300 - 350
545
1823. Overton-107a, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded VF-35
. Light
even toning. O-107a shows no listing in the 4th Edition Parsley/
Overton book, but presumably will be included in the soon to be
available 5th Edition. "On late die states a die crack from edge
below 5 circles upward across 2 pair of olive leaves, UNITED
STATES and to milling above OF." There is a die defect bar (like
part of an arrow shaft) between the two upper talons of the
right claw. (
PCGS # 6131
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $150 - 160
546
1823. Overton-103, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded EF-40
. Attrac-
tive old time toning. A few old marks on the obverse. (
PCGS #
6131
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $120 - 130
547
1823. Overton-108, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded VF-35
. Light
toning. In the date, 23 is noticeably larger than 18. On the
reverse, the eighth crossbar extends into the right wing. (
PCGS
# 6131
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $100 - 110
548
1824 O-108 Rarity 2
.
NGC graded AU-55
. Lovely light
golden gray toning. Choice surfaces.
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 550
549
1824. Overton-105, Rarity 2
.
PCGS graded EF-45.
CAC
Approved
. Well struck and lovely toned. (
PCGS # 6137
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $250 - 300
