1839 50C No Drapery MS(PCGS#6230)
1839 50C No Drapery MS (PCGS#6230)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4103
- 等级
- VF30
- 价格
- 13,230
- 详细说明
- Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Seated design came last to half dollars, three years after its introduction to dollars, two years after it first appeared on dimes and half dimes, and a year after it was first seen on quarter dollars. Half dollars since 1836 had displayed a Gobrecht reworking of the old design by John Reich, with a capped bust of Liberty on the obverse and eagle on the reverse. The reverse design was retained with slight modifications; in 1842, the size of the legend on the reverse increased notably, 1853 saw the brief use of a glory of rays around the eagle, and in the 1866 the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added. Of vital importance to type collectors, the No Drapery Liberty Seated obverse design was used exclusively in 1839, and for only a portion of that year. A one-year type, demand for the 1839 No Drapery far exceeds supply, especially in the popular collector grades of VF, EF, and AU.