1850-O $2 1/2 -- Obverse Lamination -- MS63+ NGC. Variety 4....

Description

1850-O Two and a Half, MS63+
Condition Census Quality
Smooth and Lustrous

1850-O $2 1/2 -- Obverse Lamination -- MS63+ NGC. Variety 4. New Orleans did not strike quarter eagles in 1848 or 1849, but struck 84,000 examples in 1850, perhaps to compensate for a shortage of silver coin. The issue was needed in commerce, and Mint State survivors are rare. Most are in MS60 through MS62 grades. Only a handful of MS63 and MS64 pieces are known. This smooth and lustrous sun-gold example is outstanding from the technical perspective. The strike shows minor incompleteness below Liberty's ear, and on the central reverse. Small laminations on the obverse rim, at 7 o'clock and 7:30, confirm the NGC designation but have little impact on the imposing eye appeal. Census: 1 in 63, 1 finer (11/20).

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