1877-S 50C MS(PCGS#6357)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4241

Grade

MS66

Price

4,259

Lot Description

1877-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-104, Die Pair WB-15. Rarity-4. Type II Reverse, Very Small S. MS-66 (NGC). Conditionally challenging at this level of preservation, the offered coin is completely untoned, snow-white representative of the 5.3 million piece mintage. The devices have been sharply impressed, and they appear to have attained a dense sheen of frosty mint bloom. The wispy abrasions that appear on either side do little more than define the numeric designation, and none merit individual description. PCGS# 6357. Provenance: From the Richard Jewell Collection. NGC Census: 21 in 66; 4 finer (67).