1808/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-101. Rarity-1. MS-64 (PCGS).Brilliant and snowy-white centers give way to delicate golden and bronze iridescence at the borders. The surfaces are bathed in satiny luster and the high points are fully free of handling. Well struck with sharp definition to the overdate feature and the diagnostic cracks surrounding both sides. Capped Bust half dollars of 1807 and 1808 are much scarcer in Choice Mint State grades than most others, due to the heavy demands placed on these issues by the contemporary economy. This is a truly special survivor of this popular overdate that sits comfortably at the lower reaches of the Condition Census. The incredible MS-66 (PCGS) Pogue specimen ranks as finest known, followed by a handful of MS-65 and MS-64 examples. Notably, the present coin is tied with the MS-64 (NGC) Eliasberg coin. Just 3 coins have been grade finer by PCGS for the 1808/7 category.PCGS# 6091. NGC ID: 24ER.From the Richard Jewell Collection.
