1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. O-117a. Rarity-2. MS-65 (NGC).Intense cartwheel luster creates an incredible display beneath the warm shades of gold and violet iridescence that characterize this beautiful Capped Bust half dollar. The strike is sharp and crisp in all areas of the design except for a few of the obverse stars; even the tiniest details in the eagles plumage on the reverse are plainly evident. A lovely Gem, totally deserving of the grade both physically and aesthetically. This coin is listed in the Autumn 2020 revision to Stephen J. Herrmans AMBPR for Bust half dollars, where it is tied for CC#1 for the 1826 O-117a die state.PCGS# 6143. NGC ID: 24FM.From our (American Numismatic Rarities) Thomas S. Sebring Collection sale, January 2004, lot 1472; our (American Numismatic Rarities) Lake Michigan and Springdale Collections sale, June 2006, lot 1467.