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PCGS Number: 39499 Coin Date: 1817 Denomination (Short): 50c Denomination (Long): 50 Cents Variety: O-107 Desg: MS Composition: 89% silver; 11% copper Mintage: 1,215,567 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Capped bust half dollar Coinage Years: 1807-1836 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 32.5 Fineness: 0.89 Weight (Grams): 13.48 Weight (Ounces): 0.4755 Designer: John Reich Edge: Lettered Obverse Description: <section class="wp-paragraph">
<p>S7LHC, Date is 9 mm., S13 is ¾ mm. from curl</p>
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<p><b>OBV. 5. S1LH, S7LH-LHC, S8LE, S13UH.</b> All stars large and close to milling. S13 is ¾ mm. from curl. Date is 9 mm., widely spaced and well centered.</p>
</section> Reverse Description: <section class="wp-paragraph">
<p>50 C. is 1 ½ mm., sharp and well centered</p>
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<p><b>REV. D. A1UH, A2B, A3LH.</b> 50 C. is 1 ½ mm. A-A is ¾ mm. Most specimens show a die crack from base of 50 C. that circles left at tips of olive leaves, top of UNITE, down through D S and along scroll to OF and AM. Another crack from edge between CA into right wing. Early die states show widely recut C in 50 C. (67,66,65,64,63) R.3</p>
</section> General Notes: Rarity ratings provided courtesy of the Bust Half Nut Club Rarity Ratings Committee as published in their 2020 BHNC study report. PCGS #: 39499 NGC ID: 24F6
