1855 50C Arrows MS(PCGS#6281)

August 2011 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

10323

Grade

MS61

Price

1,035

Lot Description

1855 Seated Liberty Half Dollar. Arrows. MS-61 (PCGS). Frosty golden gray with deep gold and umber highlights, especially toward the rims. A nicely struck example of the final year of three with arrows at the date; we note a hint of weakness at the eagle's dexter leg, otherwise the design is crisp. Magnification reveals an overdate with the effect plainest at the 55, the first 5 showing repunching and the second 5 clearly exhibiting the crossbar of an underlying 4. A rare and generally unheralded variety.