Additionally, it features a census of 270 Draped Bust Small Eagle half dollar specimens ... published by Ivy Press. A 1796 Bust half dollar was the top lot in Scotsman’s Midwest Summer Sale where it ...

In 2015, an MS66-graded coin sold for $1,527,500. The 1796 draped bust half dollar earned its sixteenth star when Tennessee entered the union, and CoinCollecting.com estimated that only 40 coins ...

Matthews notes that when the new variety book Early United States Dimes 1796-1837 on Draped Bust and Capped Bust dimes was published in late 1984 by the five authors David J. Davis, Russell J.

The half dollar is one of the most popular U.S. coins to collect. Though many aren't worth more than their face value, older ...