1838 O Capped Bust Half Dollar

No more than 20 coins were made of the first issue of half.

1838 o capped bust half dollar.

0 50 usd total produced. 3 546 000 silver content. Proof capped bust half dollars are extremely rare with most dates represented by only a few examples and some dates with no proofs known to exist. Certain other changes were effected in the thickness of the reverse letters and the details of the eagle.

For the first time half dollars were struck at a branch mint new orleans. The 1838 o capped bust half dollar is one of only nine that are known to exist according to auction house stack s bowers galleries. 1834 capped bust half silver dollar lettered edge obv. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts.

1838 p capped bust half dollar. The acquisition of a single proof striking is a major accomplishment. Scratch unc luster. Capped bust half dollar year.

20 silver content. Capped bust half dollar year. As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 160000 while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 745 000 at auction. No mint mark face value.

As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 50 while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 4 500 at. Ending today at 3 06pm pdt 14h 56m. This coin was one of the first coins struck at the newly opened new orleans branch mint. Especially of interest are the branch mint proof strikings most famously the proof 1838 o capped bust half dollar buy on ebay.

262 00 15h 49m 4 05 shipping. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. Only around 20 or less of these coins were ever produced as the new mint was having various breakdown problems and getting the new equipment fine tuned. The 1838 o capped bust half dollar is one of the rarest and most valuable varieties of us coins.

1821 capped bust half dollar o 106a nice au details with a low starting bid. No more than 20 coins were made of the first issue of half. The philadelphia mint facility produced all the other proof capped bust half dollars except for the 1838 and 1839 dated coins that were minted in new orleans. 1838 capped bust half dollar unc silver reeded edge variety.

0 50 usd total produced. The 1838 o capped bust half dollar is one of only nine that are known to exist according to auction house stack s bowers galleries.