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LOT 4300
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents. Dated 1849. New Orleans mint.
Thirteen stars around Liberty seated to right, head to left, holding stick with cap and resting her right arm on shield inscribed LIBERTY; date below / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, eagle facing, wings spread, head to left, holding branch and arrows; mintmark and denomination below. KM 68. Very Fine.(13.24gr, 30mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 4300
United States of America AR Seated Liberty Half Dollar or 50 Cents.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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