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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Feb 19 @ 18:00UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
Half Dollars 1864 NGC graded Mint State 67. Superb! Population: 4, and 0 higher. <b> AMAZINGLY pretty much sums up this 1864 fifty-cent piece. Tops in its class, this is one of only 2 NGC-graded Mint State 67s, with 2 others encapsulated by PCGS. Imagine perfection, imagine beauty beyond description, and you have this rare seated half dollar coin! It's fields and devices are satiny smooth. They are bathed in luster so smooth, vibrant and shimmering that it looks as if it is about to spill over the rims! The consignor who gave us this lot to sell for him has an eye for perfection, that is plain to see. And he had a drive to acquire beautiful seated coinage, as this coin and others in the sale attest to. Everything about the 1864 being offered in this lot spells "winner" -- the strike is 100%. Stars on obverse, hair on Liberty, her gown which gently cloaks her supple form (and no we are not waxing eloquent about an allegorical female's body, the coin is simply gorgeous); the shield being supported with Liberty's hand is testimony to the bold strike it received from the dies. On the reverse, as the picture shows but as only close inspection can detail, every aspect of the design is incredible to see. And all of this shimmering with brilliant silvery luster. There is a narrow band of golden russet color at the rim, gradating to silvery brightness as it leaves that region and works its way inwards. For those who keep accounts of such things we list the NGC holder number, 2016467-010. Again, one of only 4 so-certified, there are none finer.</b> "During 1858-61, Longacre created new hubs for all silver denominations. The old half-dollar reverse ("Type I," 1842-58), like those of quarter dollars and quarter eagles, shows long closed claws and large arrowheads; upper serifs of LF nearly touch. The "Type II" reverse (possibly completed with Anthony C. Paquet's assistance) has shorter open claws, smaller arrowheads spaced apart, and the upper serif of L is shorter and distant from F. Other modifications are very minor, but the whole effect is to increase apparent lightness and delicacy of the composition. Philadelphia coins 1859-65 are mostly from the new reverse hub; leftover old hub dies may exist on coins dated 1860 and later, but any survivors would be Ex. rare." [Breen encyclopedia, pp.400-401] <p align="center">Superior Galleries was founded in 1929 and has been a leader in
the numismatic auction business since 1971.</p> <p align="center"><b>Consignments wanted for June 2 & 3, 2002 Pre-Long Beach Sale.</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Call Steve Deeds</b> at (800) 421-0754 ext 230.</p>
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