- PCGS #:
- 11291
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $38,400 • PR66BN • 11-22-2020 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1838 50C J-74 Restrike, BN
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PR66BN PCGS grade
George Woodside Collection - New York Coin & Stamp 4/1892:21 - Virgil Brand Collection - Mrs. R. Henry Norweb Collection - New Netherlands 9/1953 - Macy's 6/1954:1049, $52 - Heritage 7/2008, not sold - Simpson Collection |
Judd-74 is a restrike of an 1838 Half Dollar pattern. The severe cracking and the advanced die rusting on the reverse indicates that this was one of the last uses of the dies, suggesting that this coin was struck perhaps as late as the 1870s. Only one example is known in this pure copper composition.
The reverse die for this coin was a workhorse, as it appeared on the following pattern coins:
1838 J-73 Original 1838 J-73 Restrike 1838 J-74 1838 J-79 1838 J-79a 1839 J-91 1839 J-92 1839 J-100 1839 J-102