Well detailed with a well defined head, stars, and wreath. The surfaces are lustrous and mostly white with light toning mainly at the borders.

Moffat & Co. of San Francisco struck rectangular gold ingots and gold coins. They produced $5 pieces in 1849 and 1850 and $10 pieces in 1849. The words MOFFAT & CO appear on Liberty’s coronet instead of LIBERTY as seen on regular U.S. Mint issues. This is one of the few mint state survivors of […]

Low R-7. The obverse displays CENT at the top, the date at the bottom, and one star on each side of the center. The center is setup to be a ring planchet but remains unperforated. The reverse is blank except for dentils around the border. Struck in nickel with a plain edge. A light dusting […]

Small Date. Far rarer than the Large Date variant of this date. This is a well struck example with original antique-gold surfaces and substantial underlying luster.

The scarcest Braided Hair Half Cent in mint state. This is a very attractive spot free example, with glossy choice chocolate brown surfaces.

Strong detail with pleasing color and choice surfaces.

Well struck with attractive chocolate-brown surfaces.

Lustrous white surfaces and a sharp strike with minimal marks.

Satiny white luster and a sharp strike, with just minor marks, but nothing of significance that distracts from this coin’s excellent eye appeal. Early ‘O’ Mint halves are hard to find with this kind of flash!