1862 50C J-293 PR(PCGS#60443)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6582

Grade

PR65

Price

2.880

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> The Liberty Seated type that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1862 half dollars. <strong>Rev:</strong> Similar to the regular issue type of the year, but with the addition of the motto GOD OUR TRUST on a scroll above the eagle. This handsomely original piece exhibits iridescent lilac-blue, gold and pinkish-apricot undertones to an overlay of charcoal and sandy-copper patina. Fully struck throughout with an expectably smooth appearance for the assigned grade. This popular type is one of the predecessors to the regular issue Motto Liberty Seated half dollar introduced in 1866. Judd-293 in silver has an extant population of approximately two dozen specimens per the <em>uspatterns.com</em> website; 25 silver pattern Proof sets featuring this type were produced per W. Elliott Woodward's sale of May, 1863.