1854-O $5 MS (PCGS#8259)
Spring 2023 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 5051
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 28,814
- 详细说明
- 1854-O Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-2. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
A beautiful honey-orange example with smartly impressed design elements and plenty of mint luster. From a mintage of 46,000 pieces, survivors of which likely number no more than 300 coins at all levels of preservation. Even so, this figure is sufficient to rank the 1854-O among the more readily obtainable pre-Civil War era New Orleans Mint half eagles. With the premium quality and extraordinary eye appeal offered here, however, examples are rare.
Winter-2 is seen far less often than Winter-1 in numismatic circles, these being the only two die pairings confirmed for the issue. In addition to a distinct mintmark position, the former variety is attributable by the lack of die lines on Liberty's neck below the lovelock. Writing in the 2020 edition of his New Orleans gold coin reference, Doug Winter describes the Winter-2 die pairing as "rare."
Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection - CAG Set.
CAC Population: 5; 10.
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PCGS# 8259. NGC ID: 25UM.
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