1869 50C J-742 PR(PCGS#60969)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6628

Grade

PR63

Price

2,880

Lot Description

<strong>Obv:</strong> Standard Silver design with a bust of Liberty facing right, a cap ornamented with two stars on her head and a ribbon emblazoned LIBERTY crossing her shoulder. A tiny B for the designer (Barber) is within the ribbon folds. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the border and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed on a scroll below. The letters in the word GOD are widely repunched. <strong>Rev:</strong> A wreath of laurel and oak encircles the denomination 50 CENTS with the inscription STANDARD SILVER around and the date 1869 below. Both sides of this pretty pieces are brightly mirrored in finish and sport peripheral toning in iridescent golden-brown.