1836 $5 HM-7 MS(PCGS#765238)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5048

等级

AU55

价格

21,511

详细说明

Handsome Choice AU 1836 HM-7 $5 Gold 1836 Classic Head Half Eagle. HM-7. Rarity-3. AU-55 (PCGS). Die Variety:HM-7. Obverse 5: On this obverse, there is a double forelock curl and the digit 6 in the date is slightly right of center below the lowest hair curl on Liberty's portrait. The letter R in LIBERTY is slightly high in the fillet and tilted right. This pairing represents one of two uses of Obverse 5, which also appears in the HM-6 attribution. Reverse G: There is no tongue in the eagle's mouth and no berry in the branch. The letters TE in STATES are higher than the adjacent A and S and there are two long denticles in the border outside the left side of the letter O in OF. This reverse also appears in the 1836 HM-4 attribution. Die Emission Sequence: A straightforward emission sequence places the 1836 HM-7 after the shared reverse 1836 HM-4 and the shared obverse 1836 HM-6. Die State: Perfect dies. Estimated Surviving Population for the Variety: 400 coins in all grades (per Daryl J. Haynor, 2020), or 26% of extant 1836 Classic Head half eagles. Strike: Apart from softness to stars 3 through 7 on the obverse, which are more or less devoid of radial lines, this is a well struck coin that retains sharp to full detail and only very light rub. Surfaces: Deep orange-honey color blankets lustrous surfaces that retain ample evidence of a satiny finish. Smooth and attractive for the grade with only light, singularly inconspicuous marks scattered about from a short stint in circulation. Commentary: Along with HM-6, HM-7 accounts for the majority of 1836 Classic Head half eagles. Since the two varieties were coined from Obverse 5, that die is the most frequently encountered of the issue. Examples of the 1836 HM-7 attribution are obtainable with ease in both circulated and Mint State preservation, the offered coin an attractive Choice AU candidate for type, date or variety purposes. Provenance: From the Daryl J. Haynor Virginian Collection. The plate coin for the 1836 HM-7 variety in the 2020 Haynor reference on Classic Gold coinage. PCGS Population (HM-7 attribution only): 2; 1 finer (MS-62). PCGS# 765238. NGC ID: 25RY. 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.