1861-O 50c Liberty Seated Half Dollar - Wiley Bugert 104 - Speared Olive Bud Var - Confederate Issue

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11912 Posts	Posted 12/02/2021 12:11 pm $450. This coin is listed in Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert's Complete Guide to Liberty Seated half dollars as WB-104. It is the Speared Olive Bud Variety which they were able to attribute to the Confederate States of America occupation of the New Orleans Mint in 1861 through their ejection sequence analysis. Only 31 coins of this variety have been certifies by PCGS. Thoughts? Thanks! There are two horizontal die marks to the left of the top olive in the reverse "Spearing the olive." From the Wiley and Bugert Reference: IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student 12/02/2021 2:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff

panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18717 Posts	Posted 12/02/2021 12:59 pm maybe AU53 but if whatever is going on at the wing tip is not planchet related its most likely a details coin Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/02/2021 1:30 pm That would be my concern as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Ty2020b Pillar of the Community United States 4680 Posts	Posted 12/02/2021 4:06 pm AU50. I don't see the wing tip as a major issue, personally, I think it can be conserved with a little acetone and/or xylene. In hand pics may tell more. Edit: coming back to this one in my computer, that wing tip does look a bit problematic. Edited by Ty2020b 12/02/2021 8:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3669 Posts	Posted 12/02/2021 8:03 pm Interesting coin. I'm aware of this variety, and the attribution analysis. I've never seen one in real life. I think it's a pretty scarce critter. Regardless of grade, nice pickup. Report this Post to the Staff
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