1864-S 50C MS(PCGS#6312)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4186

Grade

MS63

Price

3,819

Lot Description

1864-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-103, Die Pair WB-4. Rarity-3. Small Wide Broken S. MS-63 (PCGS). Struck with the same reverse die as used for some of the 1863-S coins, with the curious "Broken S" feature. This satiny silver coin displays a good strike, light gold toning and a couple of tiny dark specks on the reverse. Appealing surfaces 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 die’s service. PCGS# 6312. Provenance: From the Richard Jewell Collection. Earlier from our sale of the Dick Osburn Collection, August 2011, lot 7085.