1873-S Seated Liberty Half Dollar, Extremely Fine, SCARCE
1873-S Seated Liberty Half Dollar, Extremely Fine, SCARCE
$635.00
WB-1, the only die pair identified. Extremely Fine, very lightly scruffy, with what could be called "hairlines". Very hard to tell if these are from an exceptionally old cleaning, or more naturally from being mixed in with a misc. group of coins set aside by chance by a non-collector. Given that the color appears natural, I would suspect the later, as random chance is almost certainly the source of 95% of the circulated survivors known. PCGS CoinFacts estimates a survival of 350 pieces in all grades. While I take that with a large grain of salt, there is no doubt that this is a difficult coin to find. Regardless of the minor surface issues, this would probably still certify today, and it is certainly not unattractive either way.
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