Lot 2308
1878 Pattern Half Eagle. Copper, reeded edge. PCGS graded Proof 63 Red. Some minor finger prints left behind light toned spots. Deep fire-red to purple-brown pataina with areas of warm brown creeping in on the head and near the stars on the right side. Pop 1; finest graded by PCGS and the only red example. This strikingly attractive Pattern half eagle is by the mint engraver George T. Morgan. IN GOD WE TRUST appear on the reverse above the eagle in Gothic letters (similar to that of the standard Morgan dollar but without the crossed laurel branches and the stars in the legend) (PCGS # 81940) .
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
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