50 Dollars "Half Union" Pattern; gold

50 Dollars "Half Union" (Pattern; gold) - obverse50 Dollars "Half Union" (Pattern; gold) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Pattern
Year 1877
Value 50 Dollars (50 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Gold
Diameter 50.8 mm
Thickness 3.175 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
124032
References Judd# 1546
J. Hewitt Judd, Q. David Bowers, Saul Teichman; 2008. United States Pattern Coins, Experimental and Trial Pieces : Complete Source for History, Rarity, and Values (10th Edition). Whitman Publishing, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Obverse

Head of Liberty left, wearing coronet with beaded boarder. Stars and date at rim. Small "B" at neck truncation.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
B
1877

Engraver: William Barber

Reverse

Eagle with open wings, with shield in front of breast, holding arrows and olive branch in talons. Scroll partially held in beak with motto. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "FIFTY DOLLARS" at rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN GOD WE
TRUST
FIFTY DOLLARS

Engraver: William Barber

Edge

Reeded

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1877 

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