Lot 1256
1863-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Eliasberg. Light gray with remnants of verdigris attached to the edges of the device. A small spot of wax above star 9. Light hairlines over the obverse and reverse fields. Stars 3 through 8 lightly repunched. The San Francisco Mint produced 916,000 Seated Half dollar this year and both of the known die marriage generally come well struck. Mint state survivors have always been considered scarce to rare. PCGS has graded 12 in MS-62, 15 in MS-63, 11 in MS-64 and single MS-65 as the finest (PCGS # 6310) .
Estimated Value $600 - 700.
The Michael M. Magdic Collection. Originally from the Henry Blair Collection sale, Charles Steigerwalt, October 12, 1896; J.M. Clapp; John H. Clapp. Clapp Estate, 1942, to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. (Eliasberg pedigree noted on current holder).
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| Realized $1,208 |
