1851-D $5 MS(PCGS#8248)

1851-D $5 MS (PCGS#8248)

The November 2011 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1851-D Liberty Half Eagle. MS-62 (NGC). A memorable example of this scarce date in high grade. Few survived in Uncirculated condition, so collectors who desire one often have to wait years for a Mint State example to appear as nice as the present coin. The surfaces are attractive despite a few light hairlines and random tics from handling. Toned with antique orange-gold hues over semi-reflective and satiny fields. The strike was shallow at the center with the curls near Liberty's temple poorly defined, and the lower reverse devices of the claws, arrow feathers and thigh are also softly impressed. Sharp on the letters and peripheral devices otherwise. This is the bold D mintmark variety, and certainly well up in the Condition Census for the issue. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers Here indeed is a truly lovely Dahlonega Mint half eagle, in Mint State--an elusive and particularly desirable category for pre-Civil War Southern gold coinage. If you have been searching for one your quest stops right here!