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1870 50C Standard Silver Half Dollar, Judd-983, Polloc

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1870 50C Standard Silver Half Dollar, Judd-983, Polloc
<B>1870 50C Standard Silver Half Dollar, Judd-983, Pollock-1103, High R.7, PR65 Brown PCGS.</B></I> The obverse shows a bust of Liberty facing right, surrounded by the peripheral legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll below. Liberty wears a diadem inscribed LIBERTY, and her hair is tied in a bun. On the reverse, the denomination 50 CENTS is centered in an oak and laurel wreath, with STANDARD SILVER above, and the date 1870 below. The 1 in the date is repunched. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. A sharply struck Gem proof, this piece has attractive bluish-brown surfaces with considerable lilac color faded from original red.<BR><I>From The Hoosier Discovery Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)