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Live auction - fwo_580390 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 1/2 Dollars type “Liberty Head” 1862 Philadelphie

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 1/2 Dollars type “Liberty Head” 1862 Philadelphie AU
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Estimate : 2 000 €
Price : 2 000 €
Maximum bid : 2 200 €
End of the sale : 16 June 2020 19:16:42
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : 2 1/2 Dollars type “Liberty Head”
Date: 1862
Mint name / Town : Philadelphie
Quantity minted : 98508
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 899 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec de très bons reliefs, légèrement nettoyé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : 1862.
Obverse description : Tête de Liberté à gauche avec un bandeau inscrit LIBERTY et entourée de treize étoiles.

Reverse


Reverse legend : UNITED - STATES OF - AMERICA/ 2 1/2 D..
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un foudre, tournant la tête à gauche, les ailes déployées.
Reverse translation : (États-Unis d'Amérique).

Commentary


Ce type fut frappé entre 1840 et 1907. A partir de 1857, le revers a été légèrement modifié avec des lettres et des pointes de flèches plus petites.
Pas moins de cinq ateliers différents ont frappé ce type : Philadelphie, l’atelier directeur (sans lettre d’atelier) Charlotte en Caroline du Nord (lettte C), Dahlonega en (Géorgie (lettre D), la Nouvelle-Orléans (lettre O) et San Francisco (lettre S)..

Historical background


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(since 1776)

Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.

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