1842 50C Medium Date MS(PCGS#6239)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4116

Grade

MS64

Price

2,703

Lot Description

1842 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-106. Medium Date. Repunched Date, Misplaced Date. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. Soft lilac-gray patina on both sides, with deeper russet and teal around the rims. The strike is reasonably sharp for this issue with strong definition. The date is mispunched to the right, and another mispunching is noted within Liberty's skirt lines. A thin reverse die crack crosses the branch, both above and below, while meandering down the length of the stem to the eagle's claw, then jogging up through the left wing to IT of UNITED and the rim above. A fascinating example of this blundered date. PCGS# 6239. Provenance: From the Richard Jewell Collection. PCGS Population: 10; 2 finer (Mint State-66 finest) within the Medium Date designation.