1878 $5 J-1578, BN PR(PCGS#61942)
1878 $5 J-1578, BN PR (PCGS#61942)
The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4406
- 等级
- PR64
- 价格
- 64,842
- 详细说明
- Rare 1878 Morgan Five-Dollar Pattern in Copper 1878 Pattern Morgan Half Eagle. Judd-1578, Pollock-1771. Rarity-7-. Copper. Reeded Edge. Proof-64 BN (PCGS). The so-called Phrygian Head or Liberty Head obverse, attributed to George T. Morgan, is quite similar to that found on a Morgan silver dollar. Liberty wears a Phrygian cap, facing left, with LIBERTY incused on the band. E PLURIBUS is to the left, UNUM to the right, with date 1878 below. A silver dollar and a gold five dollar with the same or similar designs would have been a fairly radical departure from the longstanding practices for the Mint. On the reverse, the eagle is somewhat similar to the Morgan dollar reverse except not as delicate. IN GOD WE TRUST is in Gothic script over the eagle, with FIVE DOL. at the rim below. Struck on a regular-diameter half eagle planchet. This piece exhibits deep copper-red surfaces with a good strike and only a couple of microscopic spots on the reverse. PCGS# 61942.