Natural Toning
1867


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: SILVER DOLLARS - SEATED LIBERTY, NO MOTTO
Item Description: $1 1867
Grade: PCGS AU 58
Owner: Hagop
 
Winning Set: Natural Toning
Date Added: 4/6/2021
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The proof-like obverse fields highlight many light contact marks that are framed by an aqua and pink periphery. The reverse displays rich golds, pinks, and a few specks of green floating on top of watery proof-like fields. A few to many obverse contact marks prevented CAC approval.

A sharp strike, fully natural patina, and natures palette combine to produce a lovely specimen. The date has been punched over a previously entered logotype that was apparently intended for use in the production of 1867 Liberty Seated half dollars. This blundered date obverse was also used to strike Proof silver dollars of this date. Although this variety is certainly scarce as a circulation strike, I am convinced that Walter Breen's assertion that he knew of only two such examples of Breen-5478 is misleading. All Mint State 1867 Liberty Seated dollars known are the Breen-5478 Large/Small Date variety.

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