1855/54 50C WB-102 Arr Overdate FS-301 MS(PCGS#413720)
1855/54 50C WB-102 Arr Overdate FS-301 MS (PCGS#413720)
November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7235
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 6,330
- 详细说明
- 1855/54 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. WB-102, FS-301. AU-55 (PCGS). Untoned apart from a few blushes of russet around the obverse border, this is an overall sharply defined, predominantly lustrous example of a perennially popular variety. As an issue the 1855 is the second rarest circulation strike half dollar of the Arrows, No Motto design type after the key date 1855-S. The mintage of 759,500 pieces is significantly lower than that of the 1854, 1854-O and 1855-O, all three of which had production figures in excess of 2 million coins. Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert (The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars, 1993) describe the 1855 as, "Scarce to very scarce in all grades. Commanding a premium about double the common type price." This issue is also significant since it includes the only overdate of the type in the form of the 1855/54 WB-102, offered here. This variety is exceedingly rare in Mint State with a Wiley-Bugert rating of Rarity-7-. Indeed, we can recall handling very few strictly Uncirculated survivors over the years, which fact confirms the significance of this Choice AU example for the Liberty Seated half dollar variety enthusiast. Provenance: From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Earlier ex our (Stack's) sale of May 1990, lot 1107. PCGS# 413720. Click here for certification details from PCGS.