1870 Pattern Half Dollar. Judd-952, Pollock-1095. Rarity-7-. Silver. Plain Edge. Proof-64 (PCGS).Obv: Standard Silver design with a bust of Liberty facing right, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the periphery and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST inscribed on a scroll below. Liberty is wearing a diadem inscribed LIBERTY and her hair is tied in a bun. Rev: A wreath of corn and cotton surrounds the denomination 50 CENTS and the date 1870, the word STANDARD inscribed along the upper border. Pretty reddish-gold peripheral highlights adorn isolated peripheral areas on both sides of this otherwise brilliant bright silver example. The scarcer plain edge counterpart to the Judd-951 reeded edge silver striking from these dies offered in the preceding lot.From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection. Acquired December 1987.
