Illustrated in Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836, Third edition, page 226. Deeply toned with steel and sea green. The central obverse is weakly defined due to characteristic bowing of the obverse as on every known example of this variety, however, the peripheral details are sharp as are all reverse design features. This is one of the outstanding rarities in the entire Capped Bust series, retaining a solid Rarity-6 rating and one of very few die marriages to retain such a degree of importance. Including the three Crushed Edge Letter coins of the 1830's, just 15 die marriages from 1807 through 1836 are considered Rarity-6 or higher.

Based on the information available to us, the following examples are known, including both the O-104 and O-104a die states:

AU-58 Eliasberg and later offered as MS-62; MS-60 (2) Both recorded by Parsley; AU-55 Crowley, Schertz; AU-55 (2) Both recorded by Parsley; AU-50 Recorded by Parsley; EF-40/45 Bowers and Merena 1/1991; EF-40 Sheridan Downey 8/00 Fixed Price offering; EF-40 This example from the Pugh Collection; EF-40 Stack's 4/1987; VF-35 Brilliant Collection, sold by us in January 1992; VF-30 Superior 2/01; VF-25 Sheridan Downey 10/98; VG-8 Robinson S. Brown, Jr. In addition, seven examples of this variety were recorded by Logan, probably all included in the list above. This listing includes 15 examples with the probability of a couple duplications. In a recent offering of a different example of this variety, Sheridan Downey stated that there are now about 20 examples known. Of those, five were stated as being AU or better.

Perfect obverse and reverse dies.

Previously certified EF-40 by PCGS.

From Superior's sale of the Pugh Collection, May 1992, Lot 1039. Earlier from a Long Beach, Califonia coin show in 1988.