1859-C $5 MS(PCGS#8281)
1859-C $5 MS (PCGS#8281)
November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 9007
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 18,885
- 详细说明
- 1859-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. Die State II. AU-50 (PCGS). Bright gold patina pairs well with original satiny surfaces that are uncommonly smooth in hand for a lightly circulated C-mint half eagle. The strike is characteristic of this issue, with the obverse generally sharp but the reverse overall soft with a somewhat "fuzzy" appearance to the eagle. Writing in the 2008 edition of the reference Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861, Doug Winter suggests that the reverse die for this issue may have received only one (as opposed to two) impressions from the hub, leaving the detail incomplete. From a mintage of 31,847 pieces, most survivors grade no finer than EF-45, making the present AU-50 a desirable candidate for today's collectors. PCGS# 8281. NGC ID: 25VC. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.