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Issue RecordPRE-1807Philadelphia89.24% Silver1 of 39 issues
1807 Draped Bust Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Half Dollar
1,051,576 half dollars were delivered in calendar 1807 across both designs; no record splits them. The trade's 301,076 / 750,500 partition traces to Snowden reading the Mint's books in 1860, and it closes exactly on the delivery of record.
1807 Draped Bust · Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Half DollarAMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY · PUBLIC DOMAIN MARK / NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES, STATED PER OBJECT IN THE RECORD'S OWN MACHINE-READABLE RIGHTS STATEMENT
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The numbers, and what kind of numbers they are
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RECORDED DELIVERY
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The Mint recorded what the Chief Coiner DELIVERED in a calendar year, not what it struck bearing a date. Where the registry combines years, the split is a reconstruction and the class says so.
DATED ATTRIBUTION
301,076
What the trade assigns to coins bearing this date. A modern allocation by an outside authority, not a federal record.
ESTIMATED SURVIVORS
3,000
An estimate of how many still exist in any grade, not a count of coins anyone has seen. Thirteen of this series' thirty-nine issues carry no census at all and show none.
Provenance · RECORDED DELIVERY
FIGURENo figure — see below
CLASSOBSERVED — read directly from the document
LOCATORp.2
METHOD1,051,576 half dollars were delivered in calendar 1807 across both designs; no record splits them. The trade's 301,076 / 750,500 partition traces to Snowden reading the Mint's books in 1860, and it closes exactly on the delivery of record.
CAVEATThe Mint recorded what the Chief Coiner DELIVERED in a calendar year, not what it struck bearing a date. Where the registry combines years, the split is a reconstruction and the class says so.
Provenance · DATED ATTRIBUTION
FIGURE301,076
CLASSESTIMATED — a third party's estimate, attributed
SOURCEPCGS CoinFacts ↗
ATTRIBUTED TOPCGS CoinFacts
METHOD1,051,576 half dollars were delivered in calendar 1807 across both designs; no record splits them. The trade's 301,076 / 750,500 partition traces to Snowden reading the Mint's books in 1860, and it closes exactly on the delivery of record.
CAVEATWhat the trade assigns to coins bearing this date. A modern allocation by an outside authority, not a federal record.
Provenance · ESTIMATED SURVIVORS
FIGURE3,000
CLASSESTIMATED — a third party's estimate, attributed
SOURCEPCGS CoinFacts ↗
METHOD150 estimated in mint state · 7 at MS65 or better · rarity R-4.4 across all grades · Auction record $156,000 MS65+ (2022).
CAVEATAn estimate of how many still exist in any grade, not a count of coins anyone has seen. Thirteen of this series' thirty-nine issues carry no census at all and show none.
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Specifications
SpecificationValue
DENOMINATIONHalf Dollar
DESIGNERRobert Scot (Flowing Hair and Heraldic Eagle) · Robert Scot with John Eckstein (Draped Bust) · John Reich (Capped Bust)
COMPOSITION89.24% silver, 10.76% copper — 185⅝ grains of pure silver in 208 grains of standard silver
WEIGHT13.48 g
SILVER CONTENT0.38672 ozt
DIAMETERNot fixed by statute. The Act of April 2, 1792 specifies weight and fineness and says nothing about diameter; surviving coins run to roughly 32–33 mm.
EDGELettered — FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
MINTPhiladelphia only — no branch mint existed until 1838
MINT MARKNone. No early half dollar carries a mint mark.
DIE MARRIAGESThe last Draped Bust half dollars
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The primary record
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Report of the Director of the Mint for calendar 1807
Held in the Archive · behind recorded delivery
Held in the Archive · behind recorded delivery
PCGS CoinFacts
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