1807 50C O-111b, Bearded Goddess Large Stars, 50/20 AU53 PCGS
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1807 50C Capped Bust, Bearded Goddess, O-111b, High R.4, AU53 PCGS. CAC. Ex: Link. Large Stars, 50/20. Light gold and pale blue toning highlight splendid medium gray surfaces. The strike is bold and well-centered and the full presentation is one of exceptional eye appeal. According to Leaman and Gunnet's emission sequence of the Capped Bust half dollar series, the O-111 was the third die marriage produced of the series. The prominent die crack from the chin to the bust provides the popular "Bearded Goddess" nickname for this late die state of the O-111 die pair. The present example is a particularly late die state. It easily shows the crack through through the eye that defines the O-111b subvariety, in a thicker form than is normally seen, and also exhibits the crack through the E in LIBERTY that is the hallmark of the terminal BHNC Die State 111.5. Stephen Herrman's Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars includes the following public auction appearances of O-111b that are equal to, or finer than, the present example: O-111b - AU55 PCGS. Sheridan Downey (7/2008), lot 19. O-111b - AU55 NGC. Heritage (5/2008), lot 505. O-111b - AU55 NGC. Heritage (5/2007), lot 695. O-111b - AU53 PCGS CAC. The present coin. O-111b - AU53 PCGS. Heritage (8/2024), lot 4156. The provenance of this coin was recorded in the Norweb catalog as "Alexander before 1913." He may have been Mr. Sigmund B. Alexander whose obituary appeared in the February 1912 issue of The Numismatist: {blockquote}"Mr. Sigmund B. Alexander died suddenly at his home in Brookline, Mass., on Friday, January 5, 1912. He was 48 years old, having been born in Boston, March 16, 1854, and has been identified with the insurance and money exchange business for the past fifteen years. Though not a collector, he was known throughout the country as a dealer in coins under the name of Alexander & Co."{/blockquote} Ex: "Alexander" before 1913; Albert Fairchild Holden; Norweb Collection ...
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