Lot 1077
1850-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Our grade is Sharpness of MS60+. Lightly cleaned years ago but a lustrous, sharp example just the same from the early pre-Civil War days of American coinage. Many silver pieces struck in the latter half of the 1840s to the earlier years of the 1850s were melted. This happened when the government revised the coinage standard with the Coinage Act of 1853. "Old tenor" coins -- as they were called -- such as this 1850-O seated Liberty half, were withdrawn from circulation and quickly recoined into 1853 to 1855 dates silver (PCGS # 6265) .
Estimated Value $500 - 525.
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| Realized $575 |
