1837 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Reeded Edge. 50 CENTS. GR-22. Rarity-2--Struck 3% Off Center--AU-53 (PCGS).Dominant pearl gray patina, blushes of champagne-apricot and olive-russet are also evident as the surfaces rotate under a light. Struck of center to 3 oclock, although only the borders are off the planchet with the peripheral devices along the right borders present in full. The top of the word UNITED and a few adjacent features, however, are soft. The central design elements are sharp, and the surfaces are pleasingly smooth in hand. Scarce and desirable as a major Mint error from the brief Reeded Edge, 50 CENTS portion of the Capped Bust half dollar series. This lot includes ANACS Photo Certificate No. GDR073 registered to Investment Coins that grades this piece AU50/50. <strong><em>The certificate is available to the winning bidder upon request to Stacks Bowers Galleries at the close of the auction</em></strong>.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Acquired from Sheridan Downey, October 1990.
