1863 50C J-338 PR(PCGS#60500)

1863 50C J-338 PR (PCGS#60500)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

Losbeschreibung: 1863 Pattern Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Judd-338, Pollock-410. Rarity-5. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-64 (PCGS). Obv:The same design that the Mint used to produce regular issue 1863 Liberty Seated half dollars. Rev:Similar to the regular issue design, but with the addition of a scroll inscribed with the motto GOD OUR TRUST in the field above the eagle. This is a sharply struck specimen with considerable reflectivity in the fields and satiny luster across the devices. The centers remain mostly brilliant with electric-blue and sea-green iridescence at the borders. Among the finest know, just 1 coins have been graded finer by PCGS. Only a dozen or so specimens of Judd-338 are believed extant from a mintage of 30 coins achieved on November 16, 1863 for inclusion in silver pattern Proof sets (per George Eckfeldt's journal, the entry imaged on the uspatterns.com website). Provenance: Ex Robert A Seigel's sale of November 1984, lot 244. PCGS Population: 12; 1 finer. PCGS# 60500. NGC ID: 29FR. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.