Lot 830
1877 Pattern Half Dollar. Copper, reeded edge. PCGS graded Proof 63 Red & Brown. Rich blue and carmine details on Miss Liberty's portrait and the reverse eagle sits serenely amidst subdued orange-red mirror fields. Cleaned long ago, long since naturally retoned. One of just three or four examples thought to exist, the uspatterns.com website suggests that the present specimen is the Pollock plate coin in the pattern reference by that author, but a quick comparison shows it clearly isn't that specimen. Regardless of which specimen it is, the coin is downright rare! One of just two examples of J-1521 certified by PCGS, a true insight into this variety's rarity. We suggest you bid as though you mean it when this rare dainty crosses the auction block, for once absorbed into a major collection, it may be some time before it again sees the light of day.
PCGS Population: 1; 1 finer within any designation (Proof-66 RB). (PCGS # 71859) .
Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,500.
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| Realized $17,250 |
