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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1792-1863
Item Description: 50C 1859 J-236
Full Grade: PCGS PF 65 Brown
Owner: mania

Owner Comments:


1859 50C
Judd- 236 Pollock-283
Low R.6, PF65BN


Struck in copper with a reeded edge

Paquet's Seated Liberty with eagle reverse

Obverse: Anthony Paquet's design offers a seated Liberty facing left. She supports a fasces with her right hand and balances a shield in her left.

Reverse: Features a large eagle with an olive branch and lengthy arrows in the claws. This Pollock variant is the “Perfect Ribbon" reverse. Along with the ribbon looking as one piece the Eagle left tip is pointed. Also the “RED” strips in the the shield are four lines each and the :white” strips in the shield are broad. The eagle has seven tail feathers

Comment:
A lovely brown example with deep mirrors of violet, dark blues brown hues emanating as rotating the piece
The strike is full and sharp, and the surfaces exceptionally clean. Free of spots or other common annoyances, and a handsome example of this pattern coin.

Provenance: Appearances: :
Private sale Mar 2020

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