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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 510588 Coin Date: 1893 Denomination (Short): 50c Denomination (Long): 50 Cents Variety: Triple Die Reverse Variety 2: FS-801 Desg: MS Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper Mintage: 1,826,000 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Liberty head (Barber) half dollar Coinage Years: 1892-1915 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 30.6 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 12.5 Weight (Ounces): 0.475 Designer: Charles E. Barber Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Portrait of Liberty surrounded by 6 stars on the left periphery and 7 stars on the right. IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed at the top with the date positioned at the bottom center. Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle holding the symbolic olive branches and arrows is centered in the design with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and HALF DOLLAR around the periphery. A ribbon in the eagle's beak bears the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. 13 stars appear in the field above the eagle's head. Mintmark, if any, is positioned under the eagles tail feathers, above the D in DOLLAR. General Notes: Doubling to tripling is evident on all lettering about the rim. The tripling shows best on HALF. Doubling also shows on the arrows, the stem of the olive branch, leaves, wing tips, ribbons, and the stars closest to the rim. PCGS #: 510588 NGC ID: 24LK
