1877 $50 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR63 Gilt NGC. CAC

1877 $50 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR63 Gilt NGC. CAC (image 1/2)
1877 $50 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR63 Gilt NGC. CAC (image 2/2)
Pricing & History
1877 $50 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR63 Gilt NGC. CAC. Large Head. Large Liberty Head design by William Barber on obverse, reverse design similar to contemporary double eagles except for the FIFTY DOLLARS at the bottom rim. Stuck in copper, gilt, with a reeded edge. The half union or fifty dollar pattern issues of 1877 are among the most storied and celebrated patterns in all of American numismatics. Until the 1915-S Panama-Pacific fifty dollar pieces they were the only U.S. coin issues with a denomination of fifty dollars, and even today they remain the only U.S. patterns of that denomination. They are also scandal-ridden issues with juicy stories of skullduggery and Mint shenanigans closely associated with them. While such tales neither increase nor decrease the coins' inherent beauty and considerable rarity, they certainly increase their cachet and marketability. In 1877 the Mint created a remarkably variety of patterns, some of the most varied in the entire panoply of U.S. pattern issues. They include the long and interesting series of 1877-dated half dollars and silver dollars by George T. Morgan and William Barber and/or Charles Barber. But the fifty dollar or "half union" patterns (a "union" supposedly representing one hundred dollars) are by far the most remarkable. The Judd pattern reference, 10th read more
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