1840 $5 PCGS XF45 ex: D.L. Hansen
DLRC #: 1827267 // PCGS #: 8194
One of our favorite dates in the series owing to the fact that the 1839-40 issues have a slightly different design. The Hansen Collection holds a MS62 example for the date.
* Category : Gold Coinage
* Series : $5 Liberty Gold
* Type : Liberty head, no motto
* Years for Type : 1839-1866
* Strike : Business
* Denomination : Half eagle
* Mint Location : Philadelphia
* Designer : Christian Gobrecht
* Composition : 90% gold; 10% copper
* Weight : 8.359g
* Edge Type : Reeded
* Mintage : 137,382