1878 50 C. VG-10

AR 50 Cents

30 mm, 12.21 g.

U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, PA, “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

Rev: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOL., bald eagle with wings displayed, supporting U.S. escutcheon, IN GOD WE TRUST on a ribbon above

VG-10, lovely old patina