1870 50C J-957, CAM PR(PCGS#511157)
1870 50C J-957, CAM PR (PCGS#511157)
The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2918
- 等级
- PR64
- 价格
- 11,924
- 详细说明
- 1870 Pattern Half Dollar. Judd-957, Pollock-1108. Rarity-5. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-64 Cameo (PCGS). Secure Holder. Obv.: experimental head on Liberty facing right with legend above and motto below. Rev.: Date and denomination within wreath of corn and cotton with STANDARD above. Partially brilliant surfaces with blushes of pale gold. The motifs are sharp and frosty and the fields are blazing mirrors. In 1869 and 1870 the Mint issued several silver patterns of standard 0.900 fineness but of reduced weight. It was thought that reducing the weight would result in silver coins flooding back into circulation, thus enabling the federal government to withdraw the unpopular Fractional Currency notes that had been in use from the time of the Civil War. Ultimately, Congress took no action to reduce weight standards. Matters adjusted themselves in the marketplace and on April 20, 1876, regular silver coins were valued at par with Legal Tender notes, after which Liberty Seated coins were once again seen in circulation. PCGS# 511157. Provenance: From our (Stack's) Washington ANA Sale of August 1971, lot 472; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part I, May 1999, lot 1208; Heritage's Denver, Colorado Signature & Platinum Auction, August 2006, lot 1463; and Heritage's sale of the Stonewall Collection, October 2012, lot 5441.