Lot 1073
1869 Pattern Half Dollar, J-748, rarity 5, silver, reeded edge. Proof 64. Pollock-831, AW-745. A Standard Silver issue with the head of Liberty wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY in raised letters, with one star, IN GOD WE TRUST in raised letters on a scroll below. Reverse with 50 CENTS at the center surrounded by a wreath of laurel and oak leaves, STANDARD SILVER above and the date 1869 below. Lovely antique rose gold and gray toning on both sides, with frosted devices atop the mirror fields. Examination will note a couple of stray hairlines, but these are ancient and toned over. One for the specialist that is seldom found better.
With an old 2 X 2 holder that notes the price of $55, perhaps from a few years ago, then to the Madison Collection.
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