1879 50C, CAM PR(PCGS#86440)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2198

Grade

PR0

Price

1,998

Lot Description

1879 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Proof-64 Cameo (PCGS). Type I Reverse. The motifs are frosty and the fields are blazing mirrors. Mostly brilliant with some wisps and tinges of pale gold. Magnification reveals some faint, scarcely-noticeable lines on Liberty's torso. Two varieties of Proofs were coined during the year. On the "Type I" Reverse there's a split berry above H in HALF. On the "Type II" Reverse, the berry above H is pointed. Only 1,100 Proof half dollars were coined in 1879. PCGS# 86440.