1854 White Metal Half Dollar - BG-1311B
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Description
This octagonal white metal half dollar piece, dated 1854, is BG-1311B in the Breen-Gillio catalogue: a later copy, not a California piece of the 1852-1882 period. Breen-Gillio list a number of later copies of California fractional gold among the BG-1300 numbers; Locke (2013) separates the Kroll copies from others whose maker is not known. BG-1311 struck in white metal (Locke 2013). NGC census: "\"1854\" OCTAG LIBERTY BG-1311B WHITE METAL G50C". It is dated 1854 like BG-1311. Catalogue number: BG-1311B (Breen-Gillio).
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BG-1311B
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