1846-D/D $5 MS(PCGS#8229)

1846-D/D $5 MS (PCGS#8229)

The November 2011 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1846-D/D Liberty Half Eagle. Winter 15-L. Repunched Mintmark. MS-61 (NGC). Bright yellow gold with intense luster on somewhat reflective fields. Warm orange highlights have begun to gather, adding to the depth and overall visual quality. The rare and popular variety with a broadly repunched D mintmark. A sharply struck representative of the date, and important as such. Actually quite rare in Mint State grades, despite the sizable mintage for the issue as a whole of 80,294 pieces. Far finer than the typical example of the date and grade, and worthy of strong bidder support.<br /> This popular variety was created when a mint employee punched a D mintmark too high into the die, with the mintmark embedded in the olive branch and arrow feathers above. The mintmark position was then moved lower and repunched, without effacing the erroneously punched D, the end result being a variety that is very popular with today's collectors.