Lot 97
1861 Confederate Half Dollar. Restrike. PCGS graded MS-62. Ebenezer Locke Mason, Jr., an early Philadelphia collector became aware of chief coiner's specimen of the original Confederate half dollar and purchased it from the coiner and the reverse die used to strike the Confederate halves. Mason then sold the coin and die to well known New York stamp and coin dealer, J.W. Scott, who manufactured his own "Confederate" halves by planing down the reverses of genuine 1861-dated U.S. half dollars and stamping the blanked sides with the Confederate reverse die. This process created the flattened obverses which have become a signature of the Scott Restrikes. A stunning coin with a tiny Mintage of only 500 examples. Particularly rare in this high grade. (PCGS Pop. 28 in MS-62, only 19 graded higher, the highest grade being seven MS-64 examples. Total of 108 in all grades, 10/18/11).Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $12,500