Tag archive for ‘slug’
1851 $50 Humbert
SOLD - (Reeded Edge .887) NGC MS-62
Coinage was badly needed to facilitate trade in the early days after the Gold Rush. Chaos prevailed and a standard of value was hard to find as private assayers created coins, often of dubious value and purity, foreign coins circulated along side and gold ore of varying purity streamed [...]
1852 $50 U.S. Assay 887 AU-53
NGC AU-53 US Assay 887 “Slug”
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1915-S $50 Pan-Pacific Exposition (Round) NGC MS-66
NGC MS-66 $50 Round Slug
The Pan-Pacific “slugs” are not only fascinating due to their size, they are very difficult to locate in undamaged, original condition. Issued in boxes and frames that exposed the coins to mishandling, nearly every surviving piece has some sort of friction on the high points of the cheek of Minerva. Many [...]
