Mail Bid Auction 45

Auction ended on August 2, 2017

Lot Number 116

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1840 -  D.1B R.7+ VG

Plate coin, Davignon 1st Ed.  We enter the realm of hilarity and extreme rarity.  Just 3 or 4 of this die pair are known.  There were, of course, no capped bust half dollars coined at the US Mint after 1839.  Don’t allow that fact to alter your goal of assembling a complete date set.  This piece, of base metal, has its defects, both in die preparation and from post minting indignities.  The craftsmanship, however, is decent; the edge is reeded, not lettered; and the HALF DOL reverse is appropriate for the type.

Sheridan Downey, Numismatist
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