Lot 4163
1853 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-408. Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. The plate coin for the Breen-Gillio book. Satiny honey golden surfaces with deeper rose highlights. This Gold Rush era example boasts an impressive pedigree as it once was in the collection of Virgil Brand, was purchased by Brand from Lyman H. Low on 10/21/1896, and remained in the Brand faimily holdings until June 1984, when it was added to the Jay Roe cabinet. Very scarce and most desirable. Pop 6 with 9 finer (PCGS # 10444) .
Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600.
Ex Jay Roe, Ex Virgil Brand Collection, Part II, The Jane Allen Brand Estate, June 1984, lot 1573.
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