1856 Gold Half Dollar - BG-915A
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $9,400
- Sold
- Grade
- MS60
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1856 octagonal gold half dollar BG-915A is a California fractional gold piece of Breen and Gillio's second period with a Liberty head obverse. Breen and Gillio's second period (1858 to 1882 in their second edition, 1859 to 1882 in the first) holds the pieces jewelers made mostly as souvenirs and charms; the act of June 8, 1864 made private coinage unlawful, and Secret Service seizures had ended the trade by 1883. PCGS gives its date in parentheses as (1856). Mike Locke (2013) describes BG-915A as a restrike of about 1860 of the 1856-dated octagonal half BG-311, with a plain edge and a gold-plated planchet of baser gold. Catalogue number: BG-915A. PCGS number 45451.
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BG-915A
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