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Issued in round and octagonal shapes, California fractional gold issues were struck to fill a void of circulating coinage in the territory. There are approximately 208 different varieties of the 50-cent denomination cataloged in the Breen-Gillio (BG) reference guide.
Catalog Information
GSID:
11252
Strike Type:
Business
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
BG-307
Coin Date:
1856
Denomination:
50c
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
California Fractional Gold
Coinage Years:
1853-1882
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
H5
PCGS #:
10427
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Coin Value History
1856 50c BG-307 MS
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1856 50c BG-307 MS
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1853 50c BG-301 MS
Worth: $20,000 – $42,000
1853 50c BG-302 MS
Worth: $1,050 – $10,000
1853 50c BG-303 MS
Worth: $5,000 – $8,500
1853 50c BG-304 MS
Worth: $250 – $650
1854 50c BG-305 MS
Worth: $225 – $800
1854 50c BG-306 MS
Worth: $225 – $425
1854 50c BG-308 MS
Worth: $225 – $425
1855 50c BG-309 MS
Worth: $300 – $1,100
1856 50c BG-310 MS
Worth: $1,800 – $3,200
1856 50c BG-311 MS
Worth: $275 – $1,500
1852 50c BG-401 MS
Worth: $210 – $1,000
1853 50c BG-402 MS
1854 50c BG-403 MS
Worth: $2,600 – $6,500
1854 50c BG-404 MS
Worth: $1,250 – $1,250
1855 50c BG-405 MS
Worth: $250 – $500
1856 Octagonal 50 Cents. BG-307. Rarity-5+. Liberty Head. MS-63 (PCGS).
$1,170
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (1/0). ...
$3,960
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population: (7/2 and 0/0+). NGC Census: (2/1 and 0/0...
$2,160
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS62 PCGS. Ex: William C. O'Connor. PCGS Population: (6/13 and 0/0+)...
$990
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS61 PCGS. PCGS Population: (4/17). NGC Census: (3/9). ...
$528
$687
1856 50C BG-307
$302
1856 Octagonal 50 Cents. BG-307. Rarity-5+. Liberty Head. MS-63 (PCGS).
$1,320
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS64 PCGS. ...
$2,400
1856 Octagonal 50 Cents. BG-307. Rarity-5+. Liberty Head. MS-62 (PCGS).
$1,058
$374
1856 50C BG-307
$330
1856 Octagonal 50 Cents. BG-307. Rarity-5+. Liberty Head. MS-63 (PCGS).
$660
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS64 PCGS. ...
$1,860
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS62 NGC. A crisply struck and satiny example of this scarce and awk...
$632
$546
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS63 NGC. By maker Frontier, Deviercy & Co. This Select Mint State e...
$900
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS64 PCGS. ...
$4,825
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS61 ...
$334
1856 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-307, High R.5, MS63 NGC. ...
$1,380
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