Fine to VF 1838 Bogus Circulating Half Dollar

Description

Even silvery gray with no serious marks. German Silver.

Buyer's Premium

20%

Fine to VF 1838 Bogus Circulating Half Dollar

Lot 0383

Estimate $40-$50

Aug 18, 2026, 9:07 PM EDT

Current Price (5 bids)

Secure

$15

Online Rare Coin & Currency Auction #127

Aug 6, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT

Milford, NH, United States

AU Details 1838 Reeded Edge Half Dollar: Denomination as HALF DOL. Satiny, sharp, and lustrous pale silvery gray surfaces. Reverse die crack from 6:00 at the rim northward into the shield.

AU Details 1838 Reeded Edge Half Dollar

$210

AU-50 1839 No Drapery Half Dollar: Satiny silver-gray with lively retained luster. A few faint hairlines visible, otherwise there are no marks that immediately draw the eye. Tiny obverse rim knock at 9:00. Scarce in high grades.

AU-50 1839 No Drapery Half Dollar

$1,125

Pair Of NGC Details Grade Bust Half Dollars: Includes a Good details 1824 with reverse scratches and a VG Details 1836 that has seen a light cleaning. Neither of the qualifiers are cause for much concern.

Pair Of NGC Details Grade Bust Half Dollars

$82

AU-50 Details 1840 Half Dollar: Reverse of '39, Small Letters. Cleaned long ago, but now nicely and naturally recovered in varied shades of iridescent gold. Plenty of retained luster engages the devices.

AU-50 Details 1840 Half Dollar

$130

AU-50 1853 Arrows and Rays Half Dollar: Frosty silver-gray surfaces enjoy bold luster and superior eye appeal for the grade. Choice, with no marks immediately available to the naked eye.

AU-50 1853 Arrows and Rays Half Dollar

$230

EF Details 1854 Arrows Half Dollar: Soft olive-gray throughout. Tiny marks make themselves present under low magnification.

EF Details 1854 Arrows Half Dollar

$64

AU Details 1858 Half Dollar: Cleaned long ago, now silvery gray with some pale golden highlights.

AU Details 1858 Half Dollar

$41

VG-10 1865-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar: A problem-free, golden-gray example of this popular Civil War date. Struck from a rapidly failing shattered reverse die. Neat!

VG-10 1865-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar

$92

VG to Fine 1870-S Half Dollar: Medium olive-gold surfaces. Tiny reverse rim bruise at 1:00.

VG to Fine 1870-S Half Dollar

$31

AU Details 1873 Arrows Half Dollar: Lightly cleaned, now regaining pale golden toning. Devoid of serious marks.

AU Details 1873 Arrows Half Dollar

$210

Good-4 1873-S Arrows Half Dollar: Evenly worn but essentially unmarked deep golden-gray surfaces.

Good-4 1873-S Arrows Half Dollar

$35

AU Details 1875-S Half Dollar: Lightly cleaned but now retoned in a totally natural exhibit of golden highlights. Mark-free.

AU Details 1875-S Half Dollar

$110

Fine-12 1875-CC Half Dollar: The rose-gray surfaces are evenly worn and essentially unmarked. A wholly collectable example of this popular issue from Nevada's Capital city.

Fine-12 1875-CC Half Dollar

$155

EF-45 1809 Half Dollar: IIII Edge style. Warm golden-gray with deeper slate highlights. A small scratch is seen at the eagle's right (viewer's left) or Dexter wing, but it doesn't jump right out at the viewer.

EF-45 1809 Half Dollar

$220

Fine-12+ 1812 Half Dollar: Pleasing for the grade with plenty of eye appeal. Steel-gray throughout with lighter golden-gray high points. You won't find a nicer one at this grade level.

Fine-12+ 1812 Half Dollar

$78

NGC EF-40 1817 Bust Half Dollar: A nice orignal example.

NGC EF-40 1817 Bust Half Dollar

$280

AU Details 1826 Bust Half Dollar: Cleaned long ago and now has retoned to a near natural look.

AU Details 1826 Bust Half Dollar

$86

NGC AU-53 1829 Half Dollar Rarity: O-118. Rarity-5. A scarce issue in all grades, and especially desirable in the offered grade. Indeed, this could be a Condition Census coin. Boldly lustrous pale champagne-gold surfaces offer

NGC AU-53 1829 Half Dollar Rarity

$650

VF 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar: Evenly circuated silver-gray with a natural rim flaw, as struck, at 11:00 on the obverse.

VF 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar

$56

Unc Details 1833 Half Dollar: Perhaps lightly cleaned long ago, but to no great aesthetic loss to our eyes. Sharp and appealing in every sense, with lively silver-gray surfaces ablaze with retained luster.

Unc Details 1833 Half Dollar

$230

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