Owner Comments:
1859 50C French Head
Judd-239, Pollock-295
Rarity: R.4, PF64 CAC Endorsed
Struck in silver with a reeded edge.
Obverse: Longacer's "French Head" Liberty facing right, draped with a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY with a wide wreath of oak and vine on her head.
Reverse: 1/2 DOLLAR in the center and is surrounded by a “cereal wreath” composed of cotton, tobacco, corn, sugar cane, wheat, and oak.
Comment:
Mint Director James Ross Snowden commented that this reverse design was deliberately prepared to admit perfect striking of the head on the obverse. Snowden attributed the reverse design to Anthony Paquet.
Brilliant, with gold at the rims, above average strike and luster, flashy, silver,
Provenance:
The A. James Evans Collection, Part II, Heritage 2015 January FUN - Orlando / Lot #6704