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PCGS Number: 81891 Coin Date: 1877 Denomination (Short): P$50 Denomination (Long): Pattern 50 Dollars Variety: Half Union, Copper Variety 2: J-1547 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1877 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 50.8 Weight (Grams): 83.591 Designer: William Barber Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Liberty Head by William Barber, facing left, wearing coronet inscribed LIBERTY and with top border of coronet ornamented with beads. Hair wavy and thick, B below for Barber. Thirteen stars around border, date 1877 below. Reverse Description: Similar in style to the contemporary double eagle but with different details: a heraldic eagle with ornaments to left and right, stars, IN GOD WE TRUST above, rays above stars. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIFTY DOLLARS, and ornaments. Coronet tip between stars six and seven. General Notes: 1877 $50 Half Union. In copper, J-1547, fewer than a dozen known including examples in the Smithsonian, Connecticut State Library, Durham Museum and the Harry W. Bass Jr. Research Foundation. PCGS #: 81891
