1862 50C J-293 PR(PCGS#60443)
1862 50C J-293 PR (PCGS#60443)
November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 8206
- 等级
- PR65
- 价格
- 23,633
- 详细说明
- 1862 Pattern Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Judd-293, Pollock-351. Rarity-5. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-65 (NGC). Obv:The Liberty Seated type that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1862 half dollars. Rev:Similar to the regular issue type of the year, but with the addition of the motto GOD OUR TRUST on a scroll above the eagle. This handsomely original piece exhibits iridescent lilac-blue, gold and pinkish-apricot undertones to an overlay of charcoal and sandy-copper patina. Fully struck throughout with an expectably smooth appearance for the assigned grade. This popular type is one of the predecessors to the regular issue Motto Liberty Seated half dollar introduced in 1866. Judd-293 in silver has an extant population of approximately two dozen specimens per the website uspatterns.com; 25 silver pattern Proof sets featuring this type were produced per W. Elliott Woodward's sale of May, 1863. Provenance: From Barney Bluestone's 97th Sale, June 1947; David W. Akers' sale of the John Jay Pittman Collection, Part I, October 1997, lot 780; our ANA Auction of August 2016, lot 2532. NGC Census: 4; with a single Proof-66 finer in this category. PCGS# 60443. NGC ID: 26VF. Click here for certification details from NGC.