1874-CC 50C WB-3a Arr, Railroad Track Rev MS(PCGS#572222)
1874-CC 50C WB-3a Arr, Railroad Track Rev MS (PCGS#572222)
November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7293
- 等级
- XF40
- 价格
- 27,010
- 详细说明
- 1874-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. WB-3a. Rarity-6. Railroad Track Reverse. EF-40 (NGC). Warmly toned in a blend of dove gray, reddish-gold and powder blue, this coin also offers bold detail to the major design elements. Smooth in hand with no marks of note. The 1874-CC is one of only two Carson City Mint issues for the brief Arrows, Motto half dollar type of 1873 to 1874. It is rarer than the 1873-CC Arrows in all grades and, with a mintage of 59,000 pieces, it is one of the key issues among Liberty Seated half dollars. According to Bill Bugert in the 2010 reference A Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties, Volume II: Carson City Branch Mint, only 300 to 350 examples of the 1874-CC are extant in all grades. Most survivors are of the WB-3 variety, as here, and the vast majority are in low grades with heavily worn, if not also impaired surfaces. Locating an attractive EF such as this is by no means an easy task, a fact that underscores the important bidding opportunity that this lot represents. The Carson City Mint employed three obverse dies and a single reverse die in three marriages to strike all known 1874-CC half dollars. As previously stated, most survivors are from the WB-3 die pairing, the reverse in a later state than in the WB-1 and WB-2 marriages, with a small raised die defect at the back of the eagle's head below the letter T in TRUST. Bill Bugert refers to this curious feature as a "cowlick." An even later state of this reverse die is known, attributed as WB-3a, represented here, and referred to as the "Railroad Track Reverse" due to prominent die damage from the rim through the letters TE in STATES. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. The plate coin for the Railroad Track Reverse variety in the 1993 Wiley-Bugert reference on Liberty Seated half dollars. PCGS# 572222. Click here for certification details from NGC.