1839 Half Dollar Patterns
Base
About This Coin
The 1839 Half Dollar Patterns page groups strikings from an obverse with a head of Liberty facing right, close to the 1838 eagle portrait but reversed (J-91 to J-98), and mulings of the regular 1839 Capped Bust and Seated Liberty obverses with pattern reverses (J-99 to J-103). uspatterns.com treats J-93 and J-94 as the only 1839 originals and cites a July 1843 Mint letter that credits the facing-right head to William Kneass; the rest were struck for collectors in the 1860s and 1870s.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(15)
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-91, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-92, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-93, Original
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-94, Original
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-95, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-96, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-97, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-98, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-99, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-100, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-100a
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-101, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-102, Restrike
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-102a
1839 Proof Half Dollar Pattern - J-103, Restrike
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