1805/4 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-101a, T-4. Rarity-7. Fine-12 (PCGS).Splashes of charcoal and russet patina drift over otherwise silver gray surfaces. A touch of glossiness to the texture is noted for accuracy, although the in hand appearance is smooth in the absence of sizeable handling marks. Although the 1805/4 Overton-101 die marriage is fairly plentiful in an absolute sense, the latest reverse die state with a full cud break over the letters RI in AMERICA, as here, is very rare. Stephen J. Herrman (Spring 2019) assigns this die state a tentative rating of Rarity-7. Tompkins Die Stage 1/4.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection.
