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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 61978 Coin Date: 1879 Denomination (Short): P50c Denomination (Long): Pattern 50 Cents Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-1600 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1879 Mint Location: Philadelphia Designer: George Morgan Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Morgan’s Liberty Head with different border. Portrait at the center, as preceding, but with E PLURIBUS to the left, seven stars above, UNUM to the right, and date below (flanked by two stars to the left and four to the right). Reverse Description: Large perched eagle holding an olive branch (with seven leaves) and three arrows. IN GOD WE TRUST in arc around lower part of eagle. Around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR. General Notes: 1879 Half Dollar PCGS #: 61978 NGC ID: 2AGR
