Lot 817
1836. Reeded edge. PCGS graded EF-40. Nice even antique gray toning. Only around 1,200 minted making this one of the lowest mintages in the entire half dollar series. The elusive 1836 Reeded Edge Half Dollar has long been mislabeled a Pattern. Based on Mint delivery figures for December 1836, and for the first half of 1837, as well as on the relative ratios of the two weights for specimens whose weights are known to us, it is believed that some 200 Halves were struck and delivered in December (on the old weight standard), and 1,000 more in February 1837 (struck on the new standard). Since the weight differential between the two issues was only one and three-quarters grains, circulation would quickly blur any distinction. Pop 49; 127 finer (PCGS # 6175) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600.
The Frank McCarthy Collection.
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