1860-S 50C MS (PCGS#6301)
November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1365
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 14,349
- 详细说明
- 1860-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1. Rarity-3. Large S. MS-62 (PCGS).
This lustrous, satin to softly frosted example is uncommonly well preserved for an early date San Francisco Mint half dollar. Both sides are lightly toned in iridescent silver-apricot, the lower right obverse border with a blush of warmer reddish-russet. Sharply struck with an uncommonly smooth appearance in hand at the assigned grade level. Although a mintage of 472,000 coins is generous for the era, the 1860-S half dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint on the eve of the Civil War. While that conflict resulted in the rapid disappearance of gold and silver coins from commercial channels in the East and Midwest, on the West Coast such coins continued to circulate throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. And circulate the 1860-S as an issue did, for most survivors are well worn, if not also impaired. Mint State coins are scarce to rare in all grades and usually appear on the open market at widely spaced intervals. A fleeting bidding opportunity for the advanced collector of Liberty Seated half dollars or early San Francisco Mint coinage.
Provenance: From the August Nagy Collection.
PCGS Population: 11; 19 finer (MS-64 finest).
PCGS# 6301. NGC ID: 24J6.
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