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1859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-239, Pollock-295, R.4, PR65 NGC....
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Description
1859 Judd-239 Half Dollar Pattern, PR65
French Liberty Head Design
1859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-239, Pollock-295, R.4, PR65 NGC.
A Romanesque bust of Liberty faces right, with a crown of
intertwined oak and vine leaves. Around her neck is a scroll
inscribed with the word LIBERTY. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA fills the
peripheral fields with the date below. An ornate wreath of cotton,
tobacco, sugar cane, corn, wheat, and oak leaves dominates the
reverse, with 1/2 DOLLAR enclosed in two lines. Struck in silver
with a reeded edge. This once-criticized design is known as
Longacre's "French Liberty Head". In Numismatic Art in
America, Cornelius Vermeule wrote: "The obverse is a horror by
any standards of taste in any age."Intermingled russet and steel-gray toning plays over the well-preserved surfaces. The crisp strike confirms the Gem status of this eye-appealing proof pattern. Census: 5 in 65, 1 finer (2/25).
Ex: Smith Sale (Stack's, 12/1987), lot 1015; The Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection/FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 1573.
From The Windermere Collection.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 26VE, PCGS# 11972, Greysheet# 12380)
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Auction Info
2025 April 3 - 6 US Coins Signature® Auction #1382 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
April, 2025
3rd-6th
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