1877 WILLIAM BARBER HALF UNION PATTERN-GEM PROOF-SMITHSONIAN-ANA SHOW GEM!!!

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WELCOME TO FIVE STAR TRADING
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1877 WILLIAM BARBER HALF UNION PATTERN
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NGC GEM PROOF
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
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2017 DENVER ANA COIN SHOW RELEASE SILVER COIN
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THIS COMES WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A BLACK SMITHSONIAN BAG FOR STORAGE
. THIS COIN WAS SPECIALLY MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION'S 2017 WORLD'S FAIR OF MONEY IN DENVER CELEBRATING THE LARGEST ANNUAL COIN SHOW IN THE UNITED STATES.  THIS BEAUTIFUL COIN PATTERN WAS DESIGNED BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST HISTORIC ENGRAVERS, WILLIAM BARBER.  THE OBVERSE DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL DEPICTION OF LADY LIBERTY AND THE REVERSE HAS A PATRIOTIC EAGLE THAT IS ONE OF THE COOLEST DESIGNS EVER STRUCK WITH INSCRIPTIONS OF THIS POPULAR EVENT.  THE STORY ABOUT THE 1877 HALF UNION BEGINS WITH LEGISLATION AS PART OF A QUICK SOLUTION FOR PAPER MONEY-SHORT BUT GOLD-RICH BANKERS IN CALIFORNIA AS A MORE CONVENIENT WAY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.  WILLIAM BARBER CREATED DESIGNS THAT WERE LATER STRUCK AS PATTERNS, BUT THE BILL DIED IN CONGRESS AND THE PATTERNS WERE DESTINED FOR THE MELTING POT.  A SECRET EXCHANGE FOR BULLION WAS MADE TO SAVE THE PATTERNS.  IT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THROUGH THE U.S. MINT CHIEF COINER AND SUPERINTENDENT COL. ARCHIBALD SNOWDEN AND INTO THE POSSESSION OF A COLLECTOR NAMED WILLIAM WOODIN.  ONCE DISCOVERED, THE U.S. MINT ORCHESTRATED A MASSIVE TRADE WITH WOODEN TO GET THE PATTERNS BACK.  TODAY, THIS BELOVED PATTERN COIN SAFELY RESIDES WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S NATIONAL NUMISMATIC COLLECTION.  THIS
LIMITED STRIKING OF 2500 COINS
CELEBRATES THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE 2017 WORLD'S FAIR OF MONEY IN DENVER, COLORADO.  THIS COIN IS 99.9% SILVER AND WAS VERIFIED AND SONICALLY SEALED BY NGC.  THE LABEL FEATURES THE RESPECTED SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SUN LABEL AND THE "ANA SHOW RELEASES" PRINT.
PLEASE FOLLOW AND SAVE OUR STORE AND CHECK OUT OUR EVER CHANGING INVENTORY OF HIGH QUALITY AND RARE COINS.  WE USE HIGH QUALITY PACKAGING AND QUICK DELIVERY RIGHT TO YOUR FRONT DOOR!  MOST COINS ARE SHIPPED THE SAME DAY OF PURCHASE AND WE DELIVER FIVE STAR SERVICE.
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