1882 Half Dollar

HBCC#:

6165

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

1700

Pollock#:

1902

This is the half dollar version of the famous Shield Earring design, one of only eight or nine examples known today. An additional six examples are known in copper. Earlier numismatists sometimes called this the Schoolgirl design, noting its similarity to the 1879 patterns of that name. The cataloguer for New Netherlands Coin Company noted that Dr. Judd preferred the Shield Earring nomenclature to avoid confusion.

Provenance:

From Stack's sale of the DiBello collection, May 1970, Lot 402.

Obverse:

Head of Liberty to right with flowing hair wearing headband inscribed LIBERTY and wearing an earring shaped like the United States shield, E PLURIBUS UNUM above with stops dividing words, 13 stars around and date below.

Reverse:

Defiant eagle ready for flight to right grasping olive branch and arrows.

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