Lot 4504
1859 Pattern Half Dollar. Copper, reeded edge. Rarity 5. NGC graded Proof 63 Brown. Warm brown hues and choice preservation. The devices sharply defined by a strict hard blow from the dies. A popular, affordable Pattern half dollar featuring the Longacre designs. On the reverse, HALF DOLLAR is within a cereal wreath composed of cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, corn, wheat and oak leaves. A similar wreath was used on the regular production Legend Obverse half dimes and dimes in 1860. Pop 4; 4 finer, 1 in 64, 1 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 11968) .
Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900.
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