Lot 7734

Half Dollar 1801 - O-102 (KM35) - Obv: Draped bust right, flanked by stars, date below / Rev: Heraldic eagle with wings spread, large shield on breast - NGC AU53 (8527990-001), the recorded mintage of 30.289 Half Dollars in 1801 was accomplished using only one obverse and two reverse dies, and both marriages are scarce today. The numerals of the date are large and close, and the reverse of the O-101 has the first A in AMERICA separated (barely) from the wing feathers, while the O-102, the rarer of the two Overton varieties, has the left base of that letter embedded in the plumage. This lightly circulated example has attractive deep silver-grey surfaces accompanied by generous eye appeal and an excellent strike overall