<strong>Obv:</strong> The Liberty Seated type that the Mint used to strike regular issue half dollars in 1863. <strong>Rev:</strong> Similar to the regular issue type of the year, but with the addition of the motto GOD OUR TRUST in the field above the eagle. This wonderfully original specimen exhibits glossy copper and autumn orange patina to both sides. The surfaces also reveal more vivid undertones of antique gold, powder blue and pinkish-apricot iridescence at direct viewing angles -- very attractive. A couple of trivial toning spots are out of the way in isolated peripheral areas, the overall appearance smooth, inviting and solidly graded as Gem. This is another of the popular transitional half dollar patterns of the early to mid 1860s, a forerunner of the regular issue Motto type introduced in 1866. The present specimen is among the finer certified of approximately a dozen copper impressions known.,PCGS# 60503.,NGC Census: 4; 2 finer in this category (Proof-66+ * BN finest).,
