1852-O 50C MS(PCGS#6269)

1852-O 50C MS (PCGS#6269)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

详细说明: 1852-O Seated Liberty Half Dollar. WB-101. MS-63 (PCGS). One of the key dates to the series that is virtually impossible to obtain in mint condition. Hard silver-steel surfaces boast a veil of light teal and gold toning that appears in carefully blended swaths on the obverse and reverse. Minimal signs of handling or hairlines are present aside from light lines and a few bagmarks. The strike is typically sharp, with all but a few of the uppermost devices showing full sharpness. Trace die rust is found within Liberty's skirt folds, evidence of the high humidity and doubtless little use these dies were needed for that year. Precious few were coined in 1852—a mere 144,000 in fact, as the demand for silver coins exploded, but only to be melted for profits that silver bullion would bring. Thus, little silver was actually brought to the mint for coinage, keeping production low. A formidable rarity in high grades, mint state coins are virtually unobtainable with a total of six reported by PCGS between MS-60 and 70.