View All Half Dollar Round, Period 1 (BG-401 to BG-436)

1852 Gold Half Dollar - BG-407

Strike Type
1852 Territorial coin

Coin Details

Year
1852
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
California Fractional Gold (1852-1882)
Composition
Gold

Auction Record

Price realized
$1,234
Sold
Grade
MS63
Auction house
Holabird-Kagin Americana

Description

The 1852 round gold half dollar BG-407 is a California fractional gold piece of Breen and Gillio's first period with a Liberty head obverse. Breen and Gillio's first period (1852 to 1857 in their second edition, 1852 to 1856 in the first) holds the gold pieces that San Francisco jewelers made while the city was short of small change, and a New York Times dispatch of May 1853 reported dollar and half-dollar gold pieces as a new local issue. Catalogue number: BG-407. PCGS number 10443.

Rarity Notes

R-4 (Greysheet)

Cross References

BG-407

External References

Error Varieties

No listings found

This category doesn't have any child listings yet.

Other Strike Types in This Series

Collector Essentials

Tools and references for building and protecting your coin collection.

As an Amazon Associate, NumisDex earns from qualifying purchases.