1866-S 50C Motto MS(PCGS#6320)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2181

Grade

MS62

Price

2,820

Lot Description

1866-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Motto. WB-102, Die Pair WB-2. Rarity-3. MS-62 (PCGS). Brilliant, lustrous, and sharply struck. Despite a mintage barely shy of a million pieces, the 1866-S With Motto variety is rare in Mint State. Probably no more than two or three dozen specimens grading MS-62 or better exist, and the possibility that some specimens have been re-certified on multiple occasions makes it likely that the variety is even scarcer than it appears. PCGS# 6320.