1865-S 50C MS(PCGS#6314)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4189

Grade

MS64

Price

4,583

Lot Description

1865-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. MS-64 (NGC). Light silver-gray and gold and quite satiny with ample luster in the fields and a bold strike. The surfaces show a few thin hairlines that appear and disappear when tilted under a light. The mintage of 675,000 pieces circulated well and the offered MS-64 coin is tied with several others as the second finest seen. No particularly distracting handling marks are present. Later die state with edge crumbling below the date and thin die cracks left of the date and in the reverse legends and leaves. PCGS# 6314. NGC Census: 25 in 64; 1 finer (65).