1839-D $5 MS(PCGS#8193)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4057

等级

AU55

价格

244,666

详细说明

Exceptionally Sharp 1839-D Half Eagle 1839-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 2-A. AU-55 (PCGS). A simply outstanding example of this challenging early date Dahlonega Mint half eagle issue. Striking detail is exceptional for the issuing mint, both sides exhibiting razor sharp to full definition to virtually all design features. Attractive color, as well, we note vivid medium gold throughout. Lustrous and uncommonly smooth for the assigned grade. The Dahlonega Mint half eagle series was only in its second year when the facility struck 18,939 examples in 1839. This is the first D-Mint issue of Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Head design, the 1838-D displaying William Kneass' Classic Head motif. The 1839-D is an important one-year type in the Dahlonega Mint half eagle series. Liberty's portrait is different than that used on succeeding issues in this series with deep curvature to the neck truncation. Additionally, the 1839-D is the only Dahlonega Mint Liberty half eagle that displays the mintmark on the obverse above the date. Beginning in 1840 the mintmark can be found on the reverse between the eagle and the denomination FIVE D. A median rarity in this Southern gold series, the 1839-D has an extant population on the order of just a few hundred coins. Most survivors are in lower grades through EF. At the AU and Mint State levels the 1839-D is rarer than such other Dahlonega Mint fives as the 1841-D, 1842-D Small Date, 1856-D and 1859-D. Not all that far removed from Condition Census, this exceptionally well produced and preserved example would serve as a focal point in any collection. Provenance: From the George Schwenk Collection. PCGS Population: 14; 16 finer, just nine of which are Mint State (MS-62 finest). PCGS# 8193. NGC ID: 25S9. Click here for certification details from PCGS.