1874 50C J-1361, RB PR(PCGS#71665)
1874 50C J-1361, RB PR (PCGS#71665)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3417
- 等级
- PR63RB
- 价格
- 32,187
- 详细说明
- 1874 Pattern Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Judd-1361, Pollock-1506. Rarity-8. Copper. Reeded Edge. Proof-63 RB (PCGS). OGH. Obv and Rev: The same designs that the Mint used to produce regular issue 1874 Liberty Seated half dollars. Curious pinkish undertones are noted for accuracy, although both sides have retoned quite nicely in blended olive-gray and copper-rose shades. A sharply struck example of an exceedingly rare type that the Mint produced expressly for sale to contemporary collectors as part of off metal Proof sets. According to the uspatterns.comwebsite, only two specimens of Judd-1361 are known: 1 - PCGS Proof-65 RD.Ex Major Lenox R. Lohr; Renrob; Southern collection; Simpson Collection. 2 - PCGS Proof-63 RB. OGH.Ex King Farouk of Egypt; Sotheby's sale of the Palace Collections of Egypt, 1954, lot 1933; Kreisberg-Schulman's sale of February 1960; our (Stack's) sale of the R.E. Cox, Jr. Collection of Half Dollars, Metropolitan New York Numismatic Convention Sale of April 1962, lot 2254; 1989 ANA Sale; 1997 ANA Sale; Heritage's Long Beach Auction of September 1997; E. Horatio Morgan Collection. The present example. There is an equally rare aluminum striking of the 1874 Arrows half dollars, Judd-1362, the E. Horatio Morgan specimen of which we are also offering in this sale. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Earlier ex King Farouk of Egypt; Sotheby's sale of the Palace Collections of Egypt, 1954, lot 1933; Kreisberg-Schulman's sale of February 1960; our (Stack's) sale of the R.E. Cox, Jr. Collection of Half Dollars, Metropolitan New York Numismatic Convention Sale of April 1962, lot 2254; 1989 ANA Sale; Heritage's New York ANA Sale, July-August 1997, lot 7335; Heritage's Long Beach Auction of September 1997, lot 7687. PCGS# 71665. Click here for certification details from PCGS.