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

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

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: 1846-D/D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 15-L. EF-40 (PCGS). CAC. Handsome khaki-gold surfaces exhibit wisps of more vivid reddish-rose here and there around the peripheries. Boldly to sharply defined throughout with appreciable mint luster remaining. Produced to the extent of 80,294 coins, the 1846-D has one of the higher mintages among Dahlonega Mint half eagles. Even so, it is scarce and ranks among the more challenging to collect in this mintmarked gold series. The 1846-D issue includes a dramatic and popular variety, Winter 15-L, a widely repunched mintmark with bold remnants of the first D readily evident above and to the right of the primary mintmark. The top of the first mintmark is lost in the olive branch. Both sides of this variety were later repolished and used in additional marriages, the obverse for the Winter 15-J normal mintmark and the reverse in the 1847-D Winter 17-L pairing. In the 1847-dated marriage the reverse no longer shows the first D mintmark due to the repolishing. The 1846-D/D is more available in numismatic circles than its normal mintmark counterpart, although the present example is far nicer than the typically offered coin at the EF-40 grade level. PCGS# 8229. NGC ID: 25TH. Click here for certification details from PCGS.