About $400 to $600 equivalent in the UK. I have no idea what it would fetch in the USA. Coin auction or retail price is another factor. I'd call it AU.
Looks AU, but the obverse looks abrasively cleaned (by US standards). I don't know mintage, but judging by all factors available, if sold in the US I'd say the most you'd get is 100-200. Maybe more if the coin is rare, as far as mintage
That is one very handsome coin w/nice color. It hahttp://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-Paper...lete=1&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=1816+half+crown&_sop=16s better eye appeal than anything offered recently bayside.
It's a beauty Larry , I'd put it at around $400 . Though I'm not sure in the US . Great color on it too .
Thanks for your input. One British dealer told me I'd never find a better example. The coin has not been cleaned. But certainly, the prooflike UNC's shown on linked page are better, though they are blast white and I prefer my toned example.
I suspect any blast white examples have been cleaned/dipped by now. I hate rivers and valleys left by dipping, since dipping etches surfaces.
It hasn't been cleaned? Why are the fields in front and back of the head gray and un toned, while the rest is toned? But it's not only that, these untoned areas look to have excessive hairlines, especially right behind his head. This is probably why it's not in a TPG holder as well.
Although it appears there are hairlines as you state, there are none on the coin. Some rubbing likely accounts for the lack of toning in the fields of the obverse.
