1847-D $5 MS(PCGS#8234)

1847-D $5 MS (PCGS#8234)

The March 2010 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1847-D Liberty Half Eagle. Winter 17-I. MS-63 (NGC). By Dahlonega Mint Half Eagle standards, the 1847-D is a fairly plentiful coin, at least in an absolute sense. The mintage is a respectable 64,405 pieces, and Doug Winter (2003) accounts for as many as 225 survivors in all grades. The author ranks the 1847-D alongside the 1843-D and 1845-D as one of the more readily obtainable D-mint Fives from the 1840s. At the MS-63 grade level, however, the rarity of the 1847-D cannot be overstated. Precious few survivors have attained that rank from PCGS or NGC and, with no coins graded higher, this select group comprises the Condition Census for the issue.<br /> The surfaces of this lovely piece are bright, satiny and possessed of lovely medium-orange color. The strike is sharp over all features save for the eagle's neck, which is a tad soft with minimal delineation between the individual feathers. While none of the abrasions are singularly distracting, pedigree concerns compel us to mention a pair of extremely minor ticks in the obverse field before Liberty's chin. An important piece that belongs in the finest Southern gold collection.