1845-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1, FS-303. Rarity-2. Doubled Date, Medium O. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC

1845-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1, FS-303. Rarity-2. Doubled Date, Medium O. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.，This is a simply beautiful half dollar, with mottled champagne-pink iridescence over highly lustrous, satin to semi-prooflike surfaces. The strike is full from the rims to the centers and certainly superior for the assigned grade level. Early Die State with the repunching on the date clear, no obverse die cracks, and prominent die lines within the recessed areas of the reverse shield and under the eagles left wing.<p>The New Orleans Mint delivered 2,094,000 half dollars in 1845, and survivors are plentiful in worn condition, with most grading VF or lower. Like all 1840s Liberty Seated half dollars, the 1845-O saw extensive commercial use with few coins surviving in Mint State. In addition, this issue includes a number of interesting varieties among the 20 die marriages enumerated by Bill Bugert in the 2011 reference <em>A Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties, Volume III: New Orleans Branch Mint 1840-O to 1853-O NA</em>. WB-1 is a dramatic repunched date variety with repunching evident to the left of all four digits. Combining condition rarity, a dramatic variety and an impressive provenance, this is easily one of the most significant 1845-O half dollars that we have ever offered. Worthy of inclusion in the finest cabinet.<p>，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from our (Stacks) sale of the Grant Pierce & Sons Collection, May 1965, lot 858; our (Stacks) session of Auction 89, July 1989, lot 1725; our (Stacks) sale of the Queller Family Collection of United States Half Dollars, 1794-1963, October 2002, lot 488. Queller Family Collection sale lot tag included.，