• 1797 Draped Bust Half Dollar Values

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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Draped Bust Half Dollars (1796–1807) series of Half Dollars in the U.S. Coins contains 4 distinct entries with CPG® values between $24,000.00 and $2,000,000.00. Bust half dollars, referring to all early half dollars made between 1794 and 1839, include various

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Draped Bust Half Dollars (1796–1807) series of Half Dollars in the U.S. Coins contains 4 distinct entries with CPG® values between $24,000.00 and $2,000,000.00.

Bust half dollars, referring to all early half dollars made between 1794 and 1839, include various design types ranging from the Flowing Hair type, include the Draped Bust type, and wrap up with the Capped Bust design. Robert Scot is credited as the engraver for the Flowing Hair and Draped Bust types, while Gilbert Stuart is noted as the designer for the latter. John Reich designed the Capped Bust type.

The Draped Bust motif ran from 1796 through 1807 and as a type is more widely available than the Flowing Hair halves, but all varieties of the 1796 and 1797 halves are exceedingly rare, and combined over both years only 3,918 minted, and only a few hundred examples -- mostly circulated -- remain today.

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1797 50c MS
Value Range: $24,000 - $2,000,000
$24,000 - $2,000,000
1797 50c O-101 MS
Value Range: $24,000 - $2,000,000
$24,000 - $2,000,000
1797 50c O-101a MS
Value Range: $24,000 - $2,000,000
$24,000 - $2,000,000
1797 50c O-102 MS
Value Range: $24,000 - $2,000,000
$24,000 - $2,000,000

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1803 50c Large 3, O-103 MS

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1807 50c Draped Bust, O-105 MS

Auction Ends: 4/13/2026

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