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1877 50C Barber''s Liberty Head Half Dollar, Judd-1524

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1877 50C Barber''s Liberty Head Half Dollar, Judd-1524
<B>1877 50C Barber's Liberty Head Half Dollar, Judd-1524, Pollock-1690, Low R.7, PR64 NGC.</B></I> The obverse has a head of Liberty with six stars to the left, seven to the right, and the date below. Liberty wears a wide banded cap with the word LIBERTY, her hair tied back with a ribbon. The cap is garnished by wheat and cotton. The reverse has an eagle on a shield inside a band that carries the dual mottoes IN GOD WE TRUST and E PLURIBUS UNUM. Around is the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with the denomination HALF DOLLAR below. Struck in silver with a reeded edge. This Choice proof is a lovely example with delicate champagne toning over brilliant silver surfaces. The fields are fully mirrored, although little contrast is evident between the fields and the devices.<BR> Among 1877 pattern half dollars, this variety is more plentiful than most, with eight different examples currently known, according to Saul Teichman's notes, including one example of P-1692 with the second 7 in the date closer to the border, from a different obverse die.<BR><B>PR64 NGC. The piece offered here.</B></I> DiBello Collection (Stack's, 5/1970), lot 389; Harry W. Bass, Jr. (Bowers and Merena, 5/1999), lot 1226; Superior (7/1999 FPL).<BR><B>PR64 PCGS. P-1692.</B></I> Dr. Edward Maris; Garrett Collection (Bowers and Ruddy, 11/1979), lot 388; Harry W. Bass, Jr. (Bowers and Merena, 5/1999), lot 1228.<BR><B>Choice Proof.</B></I> Lester Merkin (6/1970), lot 647; Armand Champa (Bowers and Ruddy, 5/1972), lot 1069; Robert L. Hughes (1/1979); Robert L. Hughes (1/1980).<BR><B>Choice Proof.</B></I> Robert L. Hughes (7/1980), lot 104; Steve Ivy (12/1980), lot 1853.<BR><B>Choice Proof.</B></I> Edward Cogan (1883); Garrett Collection duplicate; Superior (2/1977); Morris Evans (Bowers and Merena, 8/1998).<BR><B>PR62 NGC, cleaned and retoned.</B></I> Stack's (9/1994); Superior (7/2003).<BR><B>PR60+.</B></I> Dr. J. Hewitt Judd; Steve Ivy (12/1976), lot 1170.<BR><B>Proof, cleaned and lacquered.</B></I> King Farouk (Sotheby's, 2/1954), lot 1979; Stack's (6/1984), lot 1251; Stack's (3/2005).<BR><I>From The Jones Beach Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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