1899 Barber Half Dollar
Certified CAM Percentage: 26%
Certified DCAM Percentage: 3.2%
Proofs were struck up until 846 were coined, then production halted for another year in this format. Gems today are highly desirable, as they always have been. Their numbers dwindle through the generations, so finding a choice piece will be difficult, but not impossible.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2012 Philadelphia ANA Auction, where it realized $9,517.