USA (New Orleans mint), Seated Liberty half dollar, 1857-O, date in rock variety, NGC SS Republic / Shipwreck Effect (C ) AU.KM-A68.An interesting and scarce variety from the wreck with the date erroneously punched several times into the rock below Liberty. Nicely detailed with faint surface corrosion and a few specks of reddish toning in the fields, one of the few pre-1861 halves that NGC assigned both a Shipwreck Effect grade (C) and adjective grade (AU) to.Recovered from:
Estimate: 400-600 USD