1857-S $5 MS(PCGS#8275)
1857-S $5 MS (PCGS#8275)
August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1409
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 35,013
- 详细说明
- 1857-S Liberty Head Half Eagle. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC. Warmly patinated in honey-orange, this is a sharply defined and uncommonly smooth Choice AU half eagle from the earliest days of San Francisco Mint coinage. This issue saw extensive commercial use during the California Gold Rush era, and most of the 87,000 pieces produced have long since been lost. Among the few survivors, low grades through VF are the norm. In fact, this issue would be almost unobtainable in AU and Mint State were it not for the fact that a handful of higher grade pieces were discovered as part of the S.S. Central Americatreasure. Despite this find, the 1857-S remains an important rarity in the highest grades. The example offered here is not from the S.S. central Americatreasure, and it possesses an uncommon degree of originality that is sure to tempt the discerning gold enthusiast. PCGS# 8275. NGC ID: 25V6. Click here for certification details from PCGS.