1863 50C Half Dollar, Judd-342, Pollock-414, Low R.7, PR66 NGC. CAC....

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1863 IN GOD WE TRUST Seated Half
Judd-342, Low R.7, PR66

1863 50C Half Dollar, Judd-342, Pollock-414, Low R.7, PR66 NGC. CAC. The Judd-342 half dollar pattern is identical in design to the proof 1866 With Motto Seated half dollar, but the date is 1863. Struck in silver with a reeded edge. This is a backdated issue, what the Judd reference calls a "transitional pattern produced at the Mint at a later date." USPatterns.com says simply, "these are actually restrikes made circa 1869 and into the early 1870s and offered with restrikes of other denominations in complete sets."
Similar backdated Seated Liberty, With Motto patterns dated 1863 are known for the quarter and dollar denominations as well, with obverse dies left over from the era when the Mint was fiddling with the mottos IN GOD WE TRUST and GOD OUR TRUST. The Lemus Collection lacked a silver specimen of this pattern, although it had the same design in copper (Judd-343). It is estimated that perhaps a dozen examples of this silver pattern exist today.
The fields are exceptionally deep in their reflectivity and greatly enhance the pinkish-gray centers that are surrounded by thalo-blue margins. An extraordinary example. In PR66 this is one of two so certified at NGC, with only two PR67 Cameos technically finer (8/09).
Accompanied by a flip from the Montgomery Collection (Bowers & Ruddy, 2/1976), lot 1681.

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