1853 50 C. arrows & rays, XF-45

AR 50 Cents, arrows & rays

30.6 mm, 12.36 g.

U.S. Mint, San Francisco, CA, “Liberty seated” design by Christian Gobrecht & Robert Ball Hughes after Thomas Sully

Obv: border of 13 stars, figure of Liberty seated upon a rock, holding a pole surmounted by a Phrygian Cap, and supporting a shield inscribed LIBERTY. Date in exergue below, arrows flanking date

Rev: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOL., bald eagle with wings displayed, supporting U.S. escutcheon, rays in field surrounding eagle

XF-45, lovely original patina