1850 OC-P2
Original Proof

Die Pair P2 - 1848 A
Date Grid Unknown
Obverse Die States Unknown
Estimated Rarity R8
1, 1 Vertical Unknown
Reverse Die States e



Comments:
   This is the only use of Obverse P2 and first or second use of Reverse 1848 A in 1850.
Reverse 1848 A was used previously in 1848 and 1849 and subsequently in 1851.
It was also used in 1850 to strike all business strike issues.


Obverse P2


TBD


1850 Obverse P2

We have not had the opportunity to view or photograph an example of this die pair. The only example that we know of is in the Byron Reed collection, now owned by the city of Omaha, Nebraska. We hope to be able to examine and photograph this coin at some time in the future.

Obverse P2 Die States
  1. Unknown.



Reverse 1848 A

This reverse was well-documented in our article in issue #120 of the Gobrecht Journal (reference 11). Most of the features described for die states a through d of this reverse are gone in 1850. State e exhibits a new major die line, pictured below, extending through the right side of the horizontal shield lines and across the right shield border into the feathers. Presence of this die line makes attribution easy.



Reverse 1848 A die line
appeared in 1850


Reverse 1848 A Die States

See 1849 OC-1 for a full description of die states a through d. Only die state e has been found in 1850.

State e - A notable die lines slants down through the right side of the horizontal shield lines, extending very slightly across the shield border and into the feathers on the right. This die line is apparently the result of work on the die which occurred after its use in 1849 and before its use in 1850.



Photo credits:

Reverse 1848 A:   1850 NGC AU58 CAC, from the Osburn-Cushing reference collection.


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