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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4584588, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: silver Draped Bust half dollar, 1806, "Pointed 6, stem through claw" variety</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262439[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> draped bust of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)" rel="nofollow">Liberty</a>, right.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heraldic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heraldic" rel="nofollow">heraldic</a> eagle, 13 stars with clouds above.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow">United States of America</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia Mint</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications: </b>.892 fine silver, 0.3866 oz. ASW, 32.5 mm, 13.5 g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint#Philadelphia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint#Philadelphia" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia</a> Mint. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12" rel="nofollow">Pointed 6, Stem</a> variety. Edge lettering: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR. Mintage: 839,576 (all varieties).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32749215" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32749215" rel="nofollow">PCGS F12</a>; cert. #32749215. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference:</b> <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12" rel="nofollow">PCGS-6071</a>, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30053.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30053.html" rel="nofollow">Numista 30053</a>, Overton-116.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> ex-Liberty Coin Service, Lansing, Michigan, USA, 19 May 2020.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes:</b> Note the prominent <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jaNwwZ4sRGmwBglS6II7_1806-50c-coin-obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jaNwwZ4sRGmwBglS6II7_1806-50c-coin-obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">die crack</a> running left from the date into the stars on the obverse. The attractive, long-haired Draped Bust Liberty design was created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scot" rel="nofollow">Robert Scot</a>, the first Chief Engraver of the US Mint. Earlier (1796-1797) coins of this type had a <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/half-dollars/draped-bust-half-dollar/type-1-small-eagle-1796-1797/722" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/half-dollars/draped-bust-half-dollar/type-1-small-eagle-1796-1797/722" rel="nofollow">small eagle</a> on the reverse, and with a total mintage of only 3,918 pieces for that entire <i>type</i>, those are prohibitively rare and expensive. This later <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/dollars/draped-bust-dollar/type-2-heraldic-eagle-1798-1804/738" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/dollars/draped-bust-dollar/type-2-heraldic-eagle-1798-1804/738" rel="nofollow">Heraldic Eagle</a> reverse type featured a larger eagle with the shield, olive branch, and arrows seen on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">Great Seal</a> of the United States. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments: </b>After I sold my <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rdBqmQI1Sf6xB12PaL3l_1807_liberty.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rdBqmQI1Sf6xB12PaL3l_1807_liberty.jpg" rel="nofollow">previous</a> <a href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/XCW59Ny0TqKdVtvB4SMa_1807DB50c-obv.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/XCW59Ny0TqKdVtvB4SMa_1807DB50c-obv.jpeg" rel="nofollow">example</a> in 2019, I found myself wanting another Draped Bust half with this sort of attractive grey original toning. I like this one as much as the last one, and got it for less. Years ago I invented a shorthand term for this look which has gained some traction in the numismatic community. I refer to coins with this sort of appearance as <i><a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n31a10.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n31a10.html" rel="nofollow">Circulation Cameos</a></i>, or "<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCams</a>" for short.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262439[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262438[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262440[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262444[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262441[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262442[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1262443[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1"><span style="color: #000000">042100S</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4584588, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]United States: silver Draped Bust half dollar, 1806, "Pointed 6, stem through claw" variety[/B] [ATTACH=full]1262439[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse:[/B] draped bust of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(personification)']Liberty[/URL], right. [B]Reverse:[/B] [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heraldic']heraldic[/URL] eagle, 13 stars with clouds above. [B]Issuer:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States of America[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint']Philadelphia Mint[/URL]. [B]Specifications: [/B].892 fine silver, 0.3866 oz. ASW, 32.5 mm, 13.5 g. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint#Philadelphia']Philadelphia[/URL] Mint. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12']Pointed 6, Stem[/URL] variety. Edge lettering: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR. Mintage: 839,576 (all varieties). [B]Grade:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32749215']PCGS F12[/URL]; cert. #32749215. [B]Reference:[/B] [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem/6071/12']PCGS-6071[/URL], [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30053.html']Numista 30053[/URL], Overton-116. [B]Provenance:[/B] ex-Liberty Coin Service, Lansing, Michigan, USA, 19 May 2020. [B]Notes:[/B] Note the prominent [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jaNwwZ4sRGmwBglS6II7_1806-50c-coin-obv.jpg']die crack[/URL] running left from the date into the stars on the obverse. The attractive, long-haired Draped Bust Liberty design was created by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scot']Robert Scot[/URL], the first Chief Engraver of the US Mint. Earlier (1796-1797) coins of this type had a [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/half-dollars/draped-bust-half-dollar/type-1-small-eagle-1796-1797/722']small eagle[/URL] on the reverse, and with a total mintage of only 3,918 pieces for that entire [I]type[/I], those are prohibitively rare and expensive. This later [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/dollars/draped-bust-dollar/type-2-heraldic-eagle-1798-1804/738']Heraldic Eagle[/URL] reverse type featured a larger eagle with the shield, olive branch, and arrows seen on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States']Great Seal[/URL] of the United States. [B]Comments: [/B]After I sold my [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/rdBqmQI1Sf6xB12PaL3l_1807_liberty.jpg']previous[/URL] [URL='https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/XCW59Ny0TqKdVtvB4SMa_1807DB50c-obv.jpeg']example[/URL] in 2019, I found myself wanting another Draped Bust half with this sort of attractive grey original toning. I like this one as much as the last one, and got it for less. Years ago I invented a shorthand term for this look which has gained some traction in the numismatic community. I refer to coins with this sort of appearance as [I][URL='https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n31a10.html']Circulation Cameos[/URL][/I], or "[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/']CircCams[/URL]" for short. [ATTACH=full]1262439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1262443[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000000]042100S[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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