1861-O 50C CSA Obverse MS(PCGS#39968)

August 2011 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

10334

Grade

XF45

Price

2,300

Lot Description

1861-O Seated Liberty Half Dollar. WB-102. CSA Die Crack. EF-45 (NGC). Attractive light silver in color with russet-gold toning around the rims and devices. Traces of luster survive in the protected areas. No surface distractions and pleasing for this popular issue, struck after the Confederate half dollars were coined using this same obverse die, under the auspices of the Confederate States of America at the New Orleans Mint.