1877 Coin Details - YO2 -- Seated Half Dollars

YO2 -- Seated Half Dollars
1877

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: UNITED STATES
Design Description: HALF DOLLARS - SEATED LIBERTY, MOTTO
Item Description: 50C 1877/6 TYPE 2 REV FS-301
Full Grade: PCGS MS 64
Certification #: 11587150
Owner: yeoldeone

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: YO2 -- Seated Half Dollars   Score: 1526
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dollars (1839-1891)

Owner Comments:

1877/6, or more accurately 1877, 6/7. I have read a number of explanations of how this overdate could come about but nothing seems plausible. Still there it is, something has corrupted the final digit 7 in the date and it looks suspiciously like a 6, and PCGS has added its blessing that it is indeed a 6. All controversy aside, the coin is pretty decent for the grade. It has the strike and eye appeal of a higher grade, but a few trivial marks on the obverse probably limit it. There is a die crack through the letters on the reverse which practically circumnavigates the coin. Bought from Harry Laibstain, December, 2008.

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