Lot 1217
1839 Drapery. MS-60. Nicely toned. Well struck. Consigned too late for 3rd party grading. Has a short line on the arm holding the staff. Half dollars were in transition in 1834-40, with many Types and varieties, some with multiples in any one year, as happened in 1839. This is the final 1839 Seated Liberty design for the year, with drapery now inserted at Liberty's elbow, possibly to give the coin a look similar to the Robert Ball Hughes half dimes through quarters. The mint chose to keep Gobrecht's original model for the seated halves, 1839-91, instead of going with Hughes's modifications seen on the other denominations.
Estimated Value $500 - 525.
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