1850 $5 MS (PCGS#8243)
August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1272
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 114,936
- 详细说明
- Finest PCGS-Certified 1850 Half Eagle
1850 Liberty Head Half Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).
This is a vivid and highly appealing example that ranks among the finest 1850 half eagles that we have ever offered. The overall appearance is rich reddish-gold, with some faint blushes of pale yellow. The surfaces are satiny, pleasingly smooth and there is sharp striking detail over most design features. While the rarity of most early date Philadelphia Mint Liberty Head half eagles in Mint State is not widely recognized, the 1850 is particularly underrated, especially when compared to the more popular mintmarked issues of its era. Only a handful of Uncirculated coins are known from a mintage of 64,491 pieces, and they appear at auction usually only once in a long while. Here is a significant bidding opportunity for collectors of classic U.S. Mint gold or for someone building a Registry Set.
Provenance: Ex Pontchartrain Rarities, April 1993; our sale of the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection March 2018, lot 10338.
PCGS Population: just 1; 0 finer at this service. NGC reports two grading events in MS-65.
PCGS# 8243. NGC ID: 25TY.
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