1796-1807 Draped Bust Half Dollars
The 1806 Draped Bust Half Dollars (Buy on eBay) had the highest mintage of the series at 839,576 pieces. Perhaps accordingly, this date yielded the largest number of varieties. The rarest of these is Overton-108, identified by the form of the “6” within the date and appearance of the stem of the olive branch. Specifically, […]
The 1796 and 1797 Draped Bust Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) are extremely rare and considered key dates for anyone assembling a type set of United States coins. These issues feature the small eagle reverse design, in use for only these two years before being replaced by the heraldic eagle reverse design. The mintage of […]
The Draped Bust Half Dollar with the small eagle reverse represents one of the rarest of all American coin types. The total mintage across the two dates of issue and numerous varieties was just 3,918 coins. With an even smaller number of surviving specimens, this coin represents one of the keys to a complete type […]