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Categories • Stack's October 2005 New York → Stack's 70th Anniversary Sale → U. S. Half Dollars → U. S. Liberty Seated Half Dollars |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
| 1648 |
1883 Brilliant Proof
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BR PF |
$450.00
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Peripheral steel and pervasive light gold define this especially pleasing example. A few hairlines are found with a glass. |
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| 1649 |
1884 Very Choice Brilliant Proof
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VERY CH BR PF |
$2,600.00
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Emphatic ebony and russet at the rims encloses colorful rose near the centers for outstanding appeal. A hint of recutting is seen above the left base of '1' in the date. One of 875 Proofs struck. |
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| 1650 |
1885 Very Choice Brilliant Proof
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VERY CH BR PF |
$2,800.00
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Nearly pristine devices show bright frosty silver, contrasting with iridescent silver and blue, rose and ebony at the rims. One of 930 struck. |
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| 1651 |
1886 Gem Brilliant Proof
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GEM BR PF |
$3,500.00
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- or virtually so. A meticulous strike creates delightfully full detail on all devices and reliefs. Toning is delightfully rich blue-gray near the peripheries, satisfying clear silver at the centers. Only 886 Proofs were struck. |
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| 1652 |
1887 Very Choice Brilliant Proof
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VERY CH BR PF |
$2,400.00
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Glass-smooth glittering silver fields and frosty devices compete with peripheral arcs of rich gold on either side. A minute die dot can be seen to the right of the base of the '1'. |
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| 1653 |
1888 Gem Brilliant Proof
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GEM BR PF |
$2,600.00
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Sparkling white fields and sharply defined devices share smooth surfaces with rich obverse blue covering the right side, distinctly less obtrusive blue on the largely silver reverse. One of 800 Proofs struck for this late date. |
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| 1654 |
1889 Closed 9. Choice Brilliant Proof
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CH BR PF |
$850.00
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Stark gleaming silver shows deep gold along obverse rim. This date shows the knob of the '9' firmly joined to the loop above it, a die that M.L. Biestle called his 2A. This distinctive obverse was dubbed an overdate 1888/9 by Abe Kosoff in 1944 and was described as such in auction catalogues until the 1970's. While a bold variety, it is no longer called an overdate. |
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| 1655 |
1890 Choice Brilliant Proof
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CH BR PF |
$850.00
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- with the undoubted russet and rose-gold eye appeal of a higher grade. One of 590 Proofs of this late date and among the finest likely to be encountered on today's market. |
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| 1656 |
1891 Gem Brilliant Proof
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GEM BR PF |
$2,400.00
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A narrow outline of iridescent blue at the rims highlights the richly satisfying rose that slaves the centers of this satisfying example of the last year of the long-lived Liberty series, one of only 600 Proofs struck. |
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