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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1864-1869
Item Description: 50C 1869 J-756
Full Grade: NGC PF 64 BN CAMEO
Owner: mania

Set Details

Custom Sets: 50C Patterns
Liberty Bust Standard Silver Type Set - Please Stop Hoarding
US Patterns- WHAT U.S. COINAGE COULD HAVE BEEN
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Patterns & Trial Coins (1864-1869)

Owner Comments:


1869 50C Standard Silver
Judd-756, Pollock-840
Rarity: Low R.7; PR64BN Cameo

Struck in copper with a reeded edge

Obverse: Liberty wearing a headband inscribed LIBERTY and ornamented with a star and her hair is tied back into a bun, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the periphery, and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is on a scroll below.
Reverse: A wreath of laurel and oak encircles the denomination 50 CENTS with the inscription STANDARD SILVER around and the date 1869 is outside and below the wreath bounded with 2 STARS.

Comment:
Probably fewer than a dozen are known of this pattern. The fields are exceptionally deep in their mirrored reflectivity. Each side has equal amounts of brown and pale blue iridescence. A lovely, high-end example.

Provenance/Appearances:
Private Sale Apr 2017; Prior Heritage Dec 2008 Houston, TX Signature Auction / Lot #1772

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