1870-S $5 AU53 认证号47962773, PCGS号8321

Purchased from Doug Winter 8/2024 in the ANA World's Fair of Money Sale. Ex Stack's Bowers 8/2023 ANA: 1076; Fairmont Hoard - Rhone Set.

David Akers (1975/88)

The 1870-S is somewhat more rare than the 1868-S, 1869-S, 1871-S, or 1872-S, but not quite as rare as the 1874-1876-S Mint coins. It is very similar in overall rarity to the 1873-S. Like all the others, the 1870-S is generally available only in Fine or VF condition and, on rare occasions, EF. The mintmark is very small and weak, not because of strike, but because it was weakly punched into the die.