1871-H Round 50 Cents. BG-1042. Rarity-7+. Liberty Head. MS-62 (PCGS).This attractive Mint State example of a highly elusive variety will be a significant find for the California Small Denomination gold enthusiast. Both sides are satiny to modestly semi-prooflike in finish, with the surfaces displaying even honey-olive patina. Quite smooth for the assigned grade, the only useful identifying features are shallow obverse planchet voids in the field above the end of Libertys bust and to the right of the final digit 1 in the date. BG-1042 is attributed to Hershfield & Mitchell, and only a handful of examples known. The coin offered here is finer than the Jay Roe specimen (Bowers and Merena, 9/2003:503), which was certified AU-58 by PCGS at the time of that sale.PCGS Population: 1; 4 finer (MS-64 finest).From the RSC Collection.
