1849/6 H10C Overdate FS-302 (001.55) MS (PCGS#145432)
November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1298
- 等级
- MS66
- 价格
- 11,933
- 详细说明
- 1849/8 Liberty Seated Half Dime. V-2, FS-302. a.k.a. 1849/Widely Placed 6. MS-66 (NGC).
Blushes of vivid salmon pink, powder blue and pale gold mingle with dominant charcoal steel patina on both sides of this wholly original example. Smooth and satiny with an overall sharp strike, this is a later die state of the variety with the underdigit only evident within and over the primary digit 9 in the date. Described in the Guide Bookas "9 Over Widely Placed 6," this is the more dramatic of two overdate varieties for the issue. This premium Gem is the finest attributed by NGC, although we sold an MS-67+ as lot 1389 in our February 2015 Americana Sale that was not attributed on the NGC insert. High in the Condition Census for the variety, nonetheless, this handsome MS-66 represents a fleeting bidding opportunity for the advanced collector of Liberty Seated varieties.
The overdate varieties of this year have been controversial due to their lack of clarity and difficulty seeing the undertype below the relatively large 9 in the date. There are at least two dies that are believed to be overdates and are not simply repunching of the 1849 digits. One is the FS-301 variety which appears to show remnants of an 8 under the 9, with fragments of the underdigit showing just to the right as well as within the 9. The other die is that offered here, FS-302, the underdigit long thought to be a 6, but now generally regarded as an also being an 8. Earl-y die states show considerable remnants of the underdigit well to the right of the 9, making this variety the most dramatic and easily recognized for the issue.
PCGS# 145432. NGC ID: 233D.
NGC Census (FS-302 attribution only): just 1; 0 finer.
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