1850 1/2C, RB MS(PCGS#1222)
1850 1/2C, RB MS (PCGS#1222)
March 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10004
- 等级
- MS64RB
- 价格
- 49,397
- 详细说明
- 1850 Braided Hair Half Cent. C-1, the only known dies. Rarity-2. MS-64 RB (ANACS). OH. Warm gray-brown and golden-olive patina displays faded reddish-orange luster around the design elements. This half cent is nicely struck for the issue and aesthetically pleasing. The unpopularity of the half cent during the later years of the series explains the lack of circulation strike production from 1840 through 1848 as the Mint had a backlog of Classic Head examples produced during the early to mid 1830s. When circulation strike coinage for the Braided Hair type commenced in 1849, yearly totals were small, and in 1852 only Proofs were made. The denomination passed into history in 1857. Provenance: From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) Americana Sale of January 2007, lot 5435. PCGS# 1222. NGC ID: 26YV.