1842-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-2. Rarity-5. Small Date, Small Letters (a.k.a. Reverse of 1839). VF-20 (NGC).Pleasant golden-gray patina blankets surfaces that show considerable luster under a light. The 1842-O Small Date, Small Letters is ranked among the most desirable New Orleans Mint issues in the Liberty Seated half dollar series. It is a significant transitional variety that is scarce to rare in all grades. The present example, one of two (!) that we are offering in this noteworthy sale, is sure to find many willing buyers among series specialists.PCGS# 6238. NGC ID: 24GV.From the Steve Studer Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merenas) Baltimore Auction of June 2007, lot 860.
