The Norwich Collection

United States of America, United States, Proof Half-Dollar, 1869, Seated Liberty type, edge grained, 12.45g/6h. Several hairlines and light scratches, especially on reverse, otherwise brilliant, rare (£300-400)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norwich Collection.

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Provenance:
General M.S. Newton Collection
Bowers & Ruddy Auction, May 1972, lot 269.

Slabbed in PCGS holder, graded PR 62. This was the plate coin on p.136 of various editions of R.S. Yeoman’s Red Book in the 1970s. Sold with two relating letters from Q.D. Bowers