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1870 Liberty Seated Half Dollar

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,600.00 - 1,800.00 USD
1870 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
<Our item number 97612><B>1870 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64.</B> Lovely blue and golden toning. Well struck. 1,000 proofs minted. This is a radiant toned Proof, both sides being essentially matched for their peripheral color and with lightly frosted, silver-white luster on the devices. Deep, swirling mirrors surround with only a random hairline or two present. As we see it, when it comes to the centers of the obverse and reverse, the strike is above-average, sharp, and well defined in all areas, including both shields and all of the eagle&#39;s feathers, although some lack of detailing in the vertical stripes of the reverse shield may point to excessive die polishing at the time the die was being prepared for use. <B>Pop 46; 11 in 65; 4 in 66.</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 6428&#41;</B>. <BR><BR>Many collectors like to associate their numismatic interest with what was going on in the country when their coins were struck. Having that in mind, 1870 was a cheerless year for the Southern states as it sa w the death of their beloved General Robert E. Lee. His passing was like a door silently closing on one era and another opening onto the next. This next was America&#39;s rocket ride to industrial prominence and glory in the ensuing quarter century, but the South, which Lee epitomized, would languish under the iron fist of the carpetbaggers and &#34;Reconstruction&#34; for agonizing years longer. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,600-1,800. <BR><BR>Our item number 97612<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/36jpegs/097612.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/36jpegs/097612N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>