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Victoria "No LCW" 50 Cents 1870 VF20 ANACS, Royal mint, KM6. Deep gray toning, with decent hair, and crown, details for the grade. A few minor marks are noted. Extremely rare in all grades, and a classic rarity in the Canadian 50 Cent series.
The 1870 Victoria 50 Cents were the first half dollars struck for Canada, only three years after the Confederation Act united four provinces into the Dominion of Canada. The various series issues were struck at the Royal Mint in London or the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, the latter bearing the familiar H mintmark. As the Province of Canada issued no half dollars, new dies were needed when the denomination was introduced. The dies were, unsurprisingly, designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, who was born in 1826 in one of the houses of the Royal Mint. The first-year 1870 half dollars were produced in two different obverse variants, with and without the designer's initials LCW on the truncation of the Queen's neck. The No LCW coins also lack a small shamrock behind the first jewel at the front of the crown, and other minor differences appear on that side as well.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Victoria "No LCW" 50 Cents 1870 VF20 ANACS, Royal mint, KM6. Deep gray toning, with decent hair, and crown, details for the grade. A few minor marks are noted. Extremely rare in all grades, and a classic rarity in the Canadian 50 Cent series.
The 1870 Victoria 50 Cents were the first half dollars struck for Canada, only three years after the Confederation Act united four provinces into the Dominion of Canada. The various series issues were struck at the Royal Mint in London or the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, the latter bearing the familiar H mintmark. As the Province of Canada issued no half dollars, new dies were needed when the denomination was introduced. The dies were, unsurprisingly, designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, who was born in 1826 in one of the houses of the Royal Mint. The first-year 1870 half dollars were produced in two different obverse variants, with and without the designer's initials LCW on the truncation of the Queen's neck. The No LCW coins also lack a small shamrock behind the first jewel at the front of the crown, and other minor differences appear on that side as well.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD