1826 Bust Half Dollar NGC MS66*

This is by far one of the most eye appealing coins I have ever been lucky enough to handle. This coin is in a major collection I am helping assemble. It's been graded as MS66* and is just an excellent piece. Enjoy!

 

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Sure beats my raggedy VF 1826, lol. Beautiful.

 

It is a beauty.

 

Very nice Matt.. VERY NICE.. Cant say as I have had the opportunity to handle on that nice. R3 Coin to boot.. had to have a nice briefcase full price tag along with it.

 

Wow! Great coin Matt.

 

Stunning! Thanks for posting this. I love looking at gems like these.

 

i would love to see that in hand.

 

Hard to imagine this has never seen circulation in over 180 years....do you think this has been in a collection for that long or was this coin and maybe others like it languishing in a Federal Reserve for years and years, to be found one day and put into private hands. When this came to to the grading table, I would think it made their day.

Not to often does a gem like this one come to market. 15K min?

 

Here's one that was just purchased by an acquaintance on another forum. Enjoy...

 

That looks like a heck of a coin! Look at those surfaces!!!

 

Unlikely. There were very, very few coin collectors in the US in 1826. But hey... there were a few early coins which were set aside by collectors, so I suppose this could be one of 'em.

There was no Federal Reserve at the time. I'm told these halves were how we paid the mortgage on the Louisiana Purchase. Whether that's true or not, these coins were often shipped in mint-sealed bags between banks, both domestically and internationally. It's not impossible a bag sat around in a bank, undisturbed, for many years.

Of course, the coins on the bottom got baggy... but someone had to be the lucky one on top ! This is the one.

 

Awesome coin, Matt ! A real bell-ringer. :thumb:

Having seen the coin "up close and personal", would you consider this coin truly 100% fully struck ?

 

Yikes, that coin is scary nice.

 

Beautiful!

 

Gorgeous.

 

Man both of those are stunning.

 

Absolute beauties...

 

wooooooaaaaah, that is beautiful, exquisite, and oh so colorful. Dang!

 

wow both amazing personally like the second posted half but for the early dates what a premuim example to add to a collection

 

The second coin is the Pittman proof.