JL Polhemus Counterstamped 1855-S Arrows Seated Liberty Half Brunk P-563 - Fr/VF Scott #117 Sylvester quietly peers up from

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298/500 - Extremely Fine

Designer Obverse

Railroad grade watch with 21 jewels and 5 adjustments

ANACS POP 20 IN 63 / 4 HIGHER

JL Polhemus Counterstamped 1855-S Arrows Seated Liberty Half Brunk P-563 - Fr/VF Scott #117 Sylvester quietly peers up fromCoin grades Fair with a bold and fully legible VF stamp. The last recorded 1855 S Half with a Polhemus counterstamp graded AG with a VF stamp and sold for $840 (HA 1 3 21). James Lozier Polhemus, born in NYC in 1825, moved to California in 1849 and set up a pharmacy across from the Magnolia Saloon in 1850. He was the "Oldest established and legitmate druggist in the city, open all night, selling on a cash basis, and at cost to indigents." (Reynolds,