1865 50C J-429 PR(PCGS#60614)

The June 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4059

等级

PR64

价格

50,456

详细说明

1865 Pattern Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Judd-429, Pollock-502. Rarity-7-. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-64 (NGC). From the regular-issue obverse die of the year mated with the reverse die style of 1866 to 1891 with IN GOD WE TRUST on a ribbon above the eagle's head. Bright and lustrous steel gray with lively mint brilliance in the central details and with varied gold, crimson, and blue iridescence throughout. The uspatterns.com website calls Judd-429: "The so-called transitional half dollar using the reverse of 1866-1891. These and the other With Motto patterns of this date and also 1863 and 1864 are actually restrikes made circa 1869 and into the early 1870s and offered with restrikes of other denominations in complete sets. The first definite sales occurrence for an 1865 With Motto set was in the October 1870 Mason & Company sale of the Fewsmith collection. A possible earlier listing may be Cogan's September 1869 sale. It is possible that some of these are original 1865 strikings." Among the three finest grading events for Judd-429 listed at NGC's on-line Census Report. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers The 1863 to 1865 silver transitional coins with the motto IN GOD WE TRUST have always been popular. A full set of them would include one coin of each denomination, the quarter, half dollar, and dollar. On a handful of occasions in numismatic history a few collectors have accomplished such. Moreover, the pieces are seen now and again on an individual basis, as here. The present piece is especially choice and should attract a lot of attention. PCGS# 60614. Provenance: From Heritage's sale of the Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection Part II, January 2009, lot 1637. NGC Census: 2; 1 finer (Proof-65).