1859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-243, Pollock-299, High R.7, PR63 PCGS....

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1859 Half Dollar in Silver
Judd-243, PR63
Ex: Bass, Only '3 or 4 Known'

1859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-243, Pollock-299, High R.7, PR63 PCGS. Ex: Harry W. Bass Jr. Collection. 191.9 grains, per the Bass catalog. Referred to as Longacre's "French Liberty Head" design. 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. The reverse is the regular issue No Motto, Type Two Seated half dollar reverse, with the LF in HALF spaced apart. Both sides have the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, which makes the pairing unsuitable for issue. Struck in silver with a reeded edge. This die pair is also known in copper (Judd-244). USPatterns.com states only "3 or 4 known" for Judd-243, and "3 confirmed" for Judd-244. The present lot is the third (out of three) pedigreed at USPatterns.com. It served as a plate coin in the Pollock pattern reference, as figure 136. The surfaces are essentially brilliant. A few delicate hairlines emerge beneath a lens, along with unobtrusive gray spots on the portrait, above the F in OF, and above the M in AMERICA (on the obverse).
Ex: ANA Sale (Superior, 8/1975), lot 1239; Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part I (Bowers and Merena, 5/1999), lot 1173.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 29CP, PCGS# 11984, GSID# 12388)

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