1838 CAPPED BUST 50C, REEDED EDGE MS65+

REEDED EDGE. GEM WELL STRUCK SURFACES. LIGHT AMBER TONING. ONLY 4 COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. The first-year 1838 is the most readily obtainable of the four issues in the short-lived Reeded Edge Half Dollar series of 1838-1839 in which the denomination is expressed as HALF DOL. along the lower-reverse border. This is still a scarce issue in an absolute sense, however, and Mint State survivors are quite rare from the standpoint of market availability. A grossly underrated issue in high grades.