1866-S 50C No Motto MS(PCGS#6315)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8665

Grade

F12

Price

817

Lot Description

1866-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. No Motto. WB-101, Die Pair WB-1. Rarity-4. Late Die State. Fine-12 (PCGS). Evenly circulated rose-gray with deeper highlights in the protected areas. From a mintage for the date of 60,000 pieces; later in the year the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added and nearly one million examples of the new type were struck.