1842-D $5 Small Date MS(PCGS#8210)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

9094

等级

AU58

价格

55,086

详细说明

1842-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 7-E. Small Date, Small Letters. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Warm, even, deep olive-orange color blankets surfaces that are a delight to behold. Striking detail is generally sharp, and there are no areas of mentionable softness. Also conspicuous by its absence in a Dahlonega Mint gold coin is an abundance of detracting marks. The in hand appearance is quite smooth overall, in fact, and further enhances the coin's appeal. Satiny in texture with plenty of luster, this is an undeniably PQ coin in a Choice AU 1842-D half eagle that readily upholds the validity of CAC approval. The year 1842 was a transitional one in the half eagle series as the Mint phased out the Small Letters reverse hub and replaced it with the Large Letters type. The reason for the change is unknown, although we conjecture that it was done to improve metal flow and, thus, allow for the striking of more sharply defined coins. The obverse dies prepared for use in Charlotte and Dahlonega this year also feature two different date logotypes, Small Date and Large Date. The Dahlonega Mint reported a mintage of 59,608 half eagles in 1842, including examples of both the Small Date, Small Letters and Large Date, Large Letters types. The breakdown in mintage between the two was not recorded, although Doug Winter (2013) estimates the totals as 43,784 and 15,824 pieces, respectively. As these estimates make clear, the Small Date, Small Letters is the more readily obtainable variety of the issue, and enough circulated coins are extant that one should have little difficulty locating a suitable VF or EF example. Scarce in AU, the 1842-D Small Date, Small Letters is a formidable rarity in Mint State with fewer than a dozen coins known. Provenance: From the Augustana Collection. PCGS Population: 9; 11 finer (MS-62 finest). CAC Population: 21 in all AU grades. PCGS# 8210. NGC ID: 25SX. Click here for certification details from PCGS.