1861-O 50C W-14, Bisected Date MS(PCGS#516984)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7255

Grade

XF40

Price

1,020

Lot Description

1861-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Confederate States Issue. W-14. Rarity-4. Die Crack Bisected Date, Speared Olive Bud. EF-40 (PCGS). An essentially untoned silver gray example with good luster quality for the assigned grade. Although not as well known as its W-11 CSA Die Crack counterpart, an example of which is offered above, W-14 is also one of the varieties of the 1861-O half dollar that Bill Bugert (2013) attributes to the Confederate States of America. On this variety, a die crack bisects the date along the left edge of the digit 6 and the upper olive berry on the reverse is bisected by a pair of parallel lines. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. PCGS# 516984. Click here for certification details from PCGS.