(1879) WM 50C CSA, Scott Restrike MS(PCGS#340403)
(1879) WM 50C CSA, Scott Restrike MS (PCGS#340403)
December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2538
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 28,314
- 详细说明
- "1861" (1879) Scott Confederate Half Dollar Token. Breen-8003. White Metal. MS-62 (PCGS). This is an exceptionally attractive example for both the type and the assigned grade. Both sides are noticeable prooflike in finish, the fields well mirrored and contrasting somewhat with satin to softly frosted design elements. Untoned apart from a few blushes of reddish-gold here and there over the lower half of the token side. Smartly impressed with sharp to full detail throughout. Struck by J.W. Scott after acquiring the dies and before using it to "restrike" 500 1861-dated Liberty Seated half dollars into Confederate half dollars. Scott, worried that the die might fail in the process of striking the harder silver of the half dollars, produced these soft white metal tokens to have a marketable product to show for his efforts in the event of premature die failure. Fortunately for numismatics his worries were unfounded, as the die survived through 500 white metal strikes for the tokens, which he offered for 50 cents apiece in 1879, as well as through 500 "restrikes" on silver Federal half dollars. PCGS# 340403. Click here for certification details from PCGS.