1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. O-109a, T-15. Rarity-3. Pointed 6, Stem Not Through Claw. VF-30 (PCGS).Essentially untoned silver gray surfaces are soft around the borders with much of the denticulation absent, although all design elements are boldly outlined with the design fully appreciable. Overton-109 is the most frequently encountered die marriage of the 1806-dated half dollar issue, and it is popular with collectors as the only attribution associated with the Pointed 6, Stem Not Through Claw <em>Guide Book</em> variety. This is a scarcer late die state with a prominent obverse die break from the border through star 12. Tompkins Die Stage 5/3.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Earlier ex Superiors sale of the H.W. Blevins Collection of Early Half Dollars and Silver Dollars, June 1988, lot 3100.
