1855-O $5 MS(PCGS#8264)

1855-O $5 MS (PCGS#8264)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

详细说明: 1855-O Liberty Half Eagle. Winter Variety Two. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. A trace of friction and scattered abrasions confirm a short stint in circulation, but both sides retain more than enough definition to establish this coin as an uncommonly well-struck Dahlonega Mint Five. The reverse is particularly sharp with the eagle's plumage crisply delineated in all areas to include the left (facing) leg. Light honey-olive color evenly blankets surfaces that reveal considerable "flash" from the original finish. A superior-quality coin for the grade, and a conditionally rare survivor from a mintage of just 11,100 pieces.<br />     The 1855-O is similar in overall rarity to the 1843-O Small Letters and the 1856-O. Among many other issues in the Liberty Half Eagle series, the 1855-O is rarer in an absolute sense than the 1845-O, 1851-O and 1857-O, and it is also rarer than the 1845-O and 1857-O in high grades. Typically offered no finer than EF, low-end AUs are rare, Choice AUs and very rare and Mint State coins are rarer yet.