1795 O-131 Flowing Hair half-dollar, VF-25/VG-10
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1795 Flowing Hair half-dollar O-131 |
| VF-25/VG-10 |
| Stock Number: K-1795-51 |
| NOTE: This coin has not been certified by a third-party grading company |
Stock #: K-1795-51
Price: $5,950
Here is astounding, breathless original quality in a type coin. It would be difficult to imagine a better-qualified example of this early fifty-cent coin - and in this grade - than this Flowing hair half-dollar. The surfaces are incredibly original, with a deep, thick, frosty and flawless grey patina that covers each side from rim to rim, and emanates hints of appealing steel-blue color from out of the protected areas. All surfaces are entirely immaculate, save a tiny pinprick-sized planchet-flaw that appears near Liberty's nose. A split grade is mandatory for this coin, as the obverse intrudes well into Very Fine territory, while the flip side, due to a poorly hubbed reverse die, has the detail of only a VG+. Grading services will miss the mark on this variety because they often don't know this die marriage well enough to evaluate the grading factors properly. The reverse on most every O-131 specimen is nearly flat due to the shallow relief of the die. More significant is the fact that the obverse detail on O-131 is ALWAYS flat in the center. Every coin from this obverse die has a flat patch of hair from neck to hair end, and this deficiency of detail should not affect the grade. A technical overall grade average should be F-15, but 'grade' is of secondary importance when considering the astonishing appeal of a truly original coin. You simply are not going to find anything better than this for a mid-grade circulated type example.
