Link's Capped Bust Half Dollars
1807 Capped Bust, Small Stars

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O.113a R2. "Small Stars, O-113. Condition Census Example. Ex: "Col." E.H.R. Green. This well-struck Select example displays surprisingly vibrant mint luster and lightly toned silver centers, with dramatic rings of cobalt-blue and lime-green toning at the peripheries. Only minor contact marks are evident and the eye appeal is first rate. The 1807 Small Stars is not terribly difficult to locate in circulated grades, but choice AU and Uncirculated examples are rare and under enormous pressure from advanced collectors. We know of two PCGS MS65 specimens including the incomparable James Pryor coin that sold privately not long ago for a six-figure price. Buddy Byers owned the other. It brought in excess of $50,000 at Stack's October 2006 sale, lot 1014. Nothing comparable to the Newman Select Uncirculated coin has appeared at auction over the last several years. Fasten your seat belts! Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate; Partnership of Eric P. Newman / B.G. Johnson d.b.a. St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.; Eric P. Newman @ $20.00; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Items being sold are from the extensive collection of Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society (a Missouri not-for-profit corporation) and have been assembled over a period of 90 years. Proceeds of the sale of all items will be used exclusively for supplementing the Society’s museum operations and scholarly numismatic research efforts and for the benefit of other not-for-profit institutions selected by Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society for public purposes," per Heritage cataloger. Heritage Auction #1190 of the Newman Collection on 11/15/2013, Lot 33435