1805 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-112a, T-2. Rarity-6. VF-35 (PCGS).Well defined overall for a mid grade example of this late die state, both sides also exhibit vivid reddish-apricot highlights to otherwise silver gray surfaces. Despite its status as the most common variety of the 1805-dated half dollar issue, the terminal date of the 1805 Overton-112 dies is rare with a tentative rating of Rarity-6 in the Spring 2019 revision to Stephen J. Herrmans AMBPR. The same source reports only a single example of the 1805 O-112a attribution finer than that offered here, a "lightly polished" EF offered as lot 10 in Sheridan Downeys Mail Bid Sale #4, April 1991. A rare find for the specialist. Tompkins Die Stage 2/2.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection.
