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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 71980 Coin Date: 1879 Denomination (Short): P50c Denomination (Long): Pattern 50 Cents Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-1602 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. Liberty facing left, same style as used on the regular silver dollar. Coronet with LIBERTY incused, with heads of wheat, cotton and bolls above. E PLURIBUS UNUM at top border, seven stars left, six stars right, date 1879 below. 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 #: 71980 NGC ID: 2AGT
