1872-S H10C MM Below MPD FS-302 MS(PCGS#510022)

1872-S H10C MM Below MPD FS-302 MS (PCGS#510022)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

详细说明: 1872-S Seated Liberty Half Dime. Mintmark Below Bow. Breen-3136. Blundered Date. AU-58 (NGC). Frosty champagne gold surfaces with plenty of active luster. The scarce variety with a blundered date. The date numerals were punched at least four separate times in the die -- Breen's Encyclopedia (1988) expostulates five times -- but the present writer can only account for four punching incidents. Breen called it "extremely rare" and cited four known examples, though the writer's experience includes far more than that number known. No doubt this variety "came out of the woodwork" after the publication of Breen's opus in 1988. All told, it is still a scarce variety that is far from commonplace.