1864-S 50C MS(PCGS#6312)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7085

Grade

MS63

Price

3,738

Lot Description

1864-S Seated Liberty Half Dollar. WB-103. MS-63 (PCGS). Struck with the same reverse die as the 1863-S from this collection. A satiny silver coin with a good strike, light gold toning and a couple of tiny dark specks on the reverse, likely from impurities in the silver bullion. Clean surfaces that show no deep bagmarks or troubling lines. The right base of the 1 is over the right edge of a dentil. One rather prominent die crack through the base of DOL meanders down to the rim below, likely ending this reverse dies continued use with its broken "S" mintmark. Scarce and attractive for the date collector.