1869 50C J-752 PR(PCGS#60981)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6630

Grade

PR64

Price

3,000

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> Standard Silver design with a right facing bust of Liberty as the focal device. Liberty is wearing a diadem inscribed LIBERTY and her hair is tied in a bun. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the border and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed on a scroll below. <strong>Rev: </strong>A wreath of oak and laurel leaves encircles the denomination 50 CENTS, the inscription STANDARD SILVER above and the date 1869 below. Reflective fields and satiny, fully impressed devices are veiled in pale antique-silver iridescence. A Gem were it not for a few wispy handling marks on the obverse. Examples of this popular type were originally distributed as part of pattern Proof sets. Aluminum strikings such as this are highly elusive in today's market; the <em>uspatterns.com</em> website accounts for fewer than half a dozen with a reeded edge.