1860-S Liberty Seated Half ex Guatamala Hoard
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Item Description
1860-S is a scarce mintage of this coin with only 2 known Obverse/Reverse Die Pairs, One Reverse was used in 1859 and 1860 and the other in 1860 and 1861. This coin is a WB-1 Large S with the Reverse of 1859. It has been speculated due to the scarcity of this year that included in the 472,000 mintage were many pieces struck with an 1859 or an 1861 date.
This coin is an XF with a few rim dings and has the appearance of a Guatemala Hoard coin.
.Guatemala Hoard Coins:
In his Complete Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins, Walter Breen discusses a large cache of Liberty Seated half dollars, known as the Guatemala Hoard (for the location of the find), and it is worth repeating here: ".about 1956 unidentified individuals discovered an immense hoard in Guatemala, reflecting mass wartime (i.e. Civil War) shipments of coins as bullion. The Guatemala Hoard coins are readily recognizable: They are dated between 1859 and 1865 Philadelphia, and between 1860 and 1865 S, most often between 1861-1862 from either mint, ranging in grade from VF to nearly mint state, all cleaned with baking soda or some abrasive. There were many hundreds of each date, possibly a couple thousand 1861-1862. As there were not later date coins in the part of the hoard I saw (at New Netherlands Coin Co., 1956), most likely the hoard was buried about 1865 or early 1866. Either there were no 1866 S No Motto coins, or they were fished out beforehand; but I have seen none matching the hoard coins."
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