1859 50C MS(PCGS#6296)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

12419

Grade

MS64

Price

3,525

Lot Description

1859 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-101. Type I Reverse. MS-64 (NGC). OH. Absolutely gorgeous tab toning leaves the centers white and untoned, while the peripheries exhibit deep electric-blue and rose-brown patina. Minimally marked and seemingly high-end for the grade.&nbsp;A very lovely example of a coin of which 1,000 were thought to have been minted. In 1859 numismatic excitement was at a high, and the Mint felt there would be a tremendous and unprecedented demand for Proofs. This did not prove to be the case, and hundreds of them were melted, leaving a net distribution of just more than half the mintage quantity. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><br /><br /> <!--EndFragment-->