1823 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-113. Rarity-6+. VG Details--Graffiti (PCGS).An attractive coin for the assigned grade, both sides exhibit warm olive-charcoal patina in the fields that gives way to lighter golden-gray over the design elements. All of the latter are boldly outlined, some sharper detail remaining in the protected areas of Libertys portrait and the eagles plumage. Predominantly smooth in hand, the PCGS qualifier concerns a pair of light Xs in the upper reverse field between the eagle and scroll. Overton-113 is the rarest die marriage of the 1823 Capped Bust half dollar issue, the variety combining a unique obverse die with a reverse that went on to strike 1824-dated half dollars of the O-102 and O-14 varieties. According to Stephen J. Herrman in the Spring 2019 revision to his <em>Auction & Mail Bid Prices Realized for Bust Half Dollars: 1794-1839</em>, only 13 examples of the 1823 O-113 are known. A significant offering for the specialist that is sure to see spirited bidding at auction.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Ex Frank Fox; Elton Dosier, acquired from the former at the Oakland Coin Show, March 22, 1985; Sheridan Downey, 1988. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.
