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Lot 1376 - 1875 Indian Head Octagonal Half Dollar BG-948 PCGS MS60

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Lot 1376 - 1875 Indian Head Octagonal Half Dollar BG-948 PCGS MS60
1875 Indian Head Octagonal Half Dollar. BG-948. Moderately rare (Rarity-5) Christopher (Christoph) Ferdinand Mohrig issue. The obverse: Large Indian head to left, 13 five-pointed stars around, many stars show repunching, long spine from star 12 nearly touches star 13. Date below bust, numerals nicely spaced, 7 thin and tenuous, "fancy" 5 slightly smaller than other numerals, all numerals touch dentils below. Several small cracks present, most prominent among them a crack from the rim upward across the 1, then to the neck above. Additionally, a die line gives the impression of doubling at the point of the Indian's bust. Reverse: Open wreath, 10 berries left, 10 right, lowest inner right berry, on long stem, resembles a period after L in CAL. Fraction high in wreath, DOLLAR / CAL below. Multiple die cracks in the wreath and throughout the fields. (#10806)