1818 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-112. Rarity-1. MS-65 (NGC).A wonderfully original, richly toned example layered in shades of gold, blue, rose and pearl gray. The surfaces are lustrous and satiny with an expectably smooth appearance for the assigned grade. Sharply defined from an ideally centered impression, there is much to recommend this coin to the quality conscious type or variety collector. An apparent newcomer to the Condition Census for the 1818 O-112 dies as listed in the Spring 2018 revision to Stephen J. Herrmans <em>Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars: 1794-1839</em>, the finest examples recorded therein grading MS-66 and MS-64.From The Des Moines Collection.
