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1877 50C Half Dollar, Judd-1535, Pollock-1703, R.8, PR64 Deep Cameo PCGS. CAC.. ...
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Description
1877 Barber Half Dollar in Silver
Judd-1535, PR64 Deep Cameo
1877 50C Half Dollar, Judd-1535, Pollock-1703, R.8, PR64 Deep
Cameo PCGS. CAC.The obverse is the so-called "Barber's Liberty Head with coronet and wheat and cotton." The head of Liberty faces left, IN GOD WE TRUST is above and the date below. Liberty wears a coronet reading LIBERTY in raised letters. The coronet is decorated with wheat ears, cotton bolls and leaves. The stars are seven left, six right. The reverse is "Barber's small heraldic eagle." The eagle has a shield on its breast, clutching arrows and an olive branch. UNITED STATES and HALF DOLLAR are at the rim, with E PLURIBUS UNUM in an inner arc between the wingtips. Struck in silver with a reeded edge. Only three examples are known in silver. The roster of known pieces is expanded from USPatterns.com:
1. Dr. Edward Maris (Harlan P. Smith, 6/1886); Garrett Collection-Johns Hopkins University; Garrett I (Bowers and Ruddy, 11/1979), lot 391, $24,000; Auction '89 (Superior), lot 626; D. Novoselsky, PR64 PCGS; Kagin's; Superior (7/2003); Classics Sale (American Numismatic Rarities, 12/2003), lot 307, PR65 PCGS, $35,650; Lemus Collection / FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 1881. The present specimen. Plate coin in the Judd tenth edition.
2. Francis W. Doughty; Byron Reed Collection; Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha. PR65 ICG.
3. Superior (6/1981); Auction '82; Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection (Bowers and Merena, 5/1999), lot 1236; southern collection; Simpson Collection. PR60 PCGS.
The surfaces are brilliant overall with stark field/device contrast evident on each side. A few tiny planchet flakes can be found that link this piece to the Lemus coin.
Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 539823, Base PCGS# 61876, Greysheet# 373358)
Auction Info
2017 January 4 - 9 FUN US Coins Signature Auction - Fort Lauderdale #1251 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2017
4th-9th
Wednesday-Monday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 21
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