1870 50C J-935, BN PR(PCGS#61181)

August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3382

Grade

PR63BN

Price

2,400

Lot Description

1870 Pattern Half Dollar. Judd-935, Pollock-1041. Rarity-6+. Copper. Reeded Edge. Proof-63 BN (PCGS). Obv: William Barber's seated Liberty facing left, an olive branch in her left hand, her right hand supporting a federal shield with a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY crossing the shield. LIBERTY is expressed in raised letters. A liberty pole with cap is behind the portrait, 13 stars encircle the periphery, and the date 1870 is below. Rev:The same design that the Mint used to produce regular issue 1870 Liberty Seated half dollars. A boldly toned and vivid specimen dressed in blended copper-rose, cobalt blue and antique olive-gold shades. Fully struck with appreciable semi-reflective tendencies in the fields evident as the coin rotates under a light. Part of an extant population of more than a dozen specimens of Judd-935, per the uspatterns.comwebsite. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena's) Ebenezer Milton Saunders Collection sale, November 1987, lot 462. PCGS Population: 1; 6 finer in this category (Proof-67 BN finest). PCGS# 61181. NGC ID: 29Y7. Click here for certification details from PCGS.