Lot 4222
1851 U.S. Assay Office $50 "slug", 880 THOUS. Lettered edge, no 50 on reverse, K-2. AU-58. This one has especially nice surfaces, with areas of coppery toning hidden in the devices. On the reverse, the engine turned design is quite nice, although there are a couple of minor planchet flaws noted on the lower reverse. We note that HUMBERT is upside down on the edge. Free of the usual heavy edge knocks, and far better than normally seen for this popular issue. We do note some very faint tooling on the edges, but this is visible only with a glass and does not detract from this important coin.
Estimated Value $17,500 - 22,500.
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| Realized $22,425 |
