1857 50C MS(PCGS#6290)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

7059

Erhaltungsgrad

MS62

Preis

748

Losbeschreibung

1857 Seated Liberty Half Dollar. WB-103, MPD-002. MS-62 (PCGS). The tops of the 57 appear in the rocky base above below Liberty's skirt lines. Lustrous and bright silver in color save for a touch of peripheral gold toning. Moderate hairlines from handling and a few bagmarks are present when closely examined, expected for the grade level. The strike is average as some of the stars lack their central radial lines. Bold die clashing on the obverse and reverse. The reverse die was rotated about 30 degrees clockwise. This variety is different from Breen-4873 in the location of the repunching in the rocky base, and is photographed in the Wiley-Bugert reference. At this grade level, certainly not more than 4 or 5 examples are known of this rare blundered date variety.