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Counter Stamped Draped Bust Half Dollar [174811]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 400.00 USD
Counter Stamped Draped Bust Half Dollar   [174811]
SOLD
1,500.00USDto m*****o+ buyer's premium (307.50)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 28 @ 09:26UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

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Stamped in the field of an 1806 Draped Bust half dollar, in front of Liberty's face: Houck's / Panacea / Baltimore. Overall VG-F condition. More than 125 examples of the Jacob Houck counterstamp are known, with most on Capped Bust half dollars, with dates in the 1830s; so this is an extremely early example. Hauck used foreign coins and dollar coins as well: a Flowing Hair 1795 dollar sold for $9,600 at auction in 2021.

Date: 1806,
City: Baltimore,
State: Maryland Baltimore Maryland