1849/6 H10C MS(PCGS#4343)

The June 2012 Baltimore Auction

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

2489

Erhaltungsgrad

MS64

Preis

1.763

Losbeschreibung

1849/8 Liberty Seated Half Dime. V-2, FS-302. MS-64 (NGC). Bright silver with flecks of iridescent blue and gold near the rims, and satiny throughout. The strike is sharp, with the overdate feature clear with a loupe when examined. Scarce in high grades, especially so on the cusp of a Gem grade and with such an illustrious pedigree. PCGS# 4343. Provenance: From S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the John G. Mills Collection, April 1904; J.M. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; and our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, May 1996, lot 974.