1892-O $5 MS(PCGS#8381)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

拍卖行

Bowers & Merena

批号

1688

等级

AU58

价格

17,516

详细说明

1892-O Liberty Half Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. AU-58 (NGC). The 1892-O is the first Half Eagle struck in the New Orleans Mint since 1857, and it was produced to the extent of just 10,000 pieces. This is the lowest-mintage New Orleans Mint Five along with the 1856-O, and it is a highly elusive issue with Doug Winter (2006) accounting for only 65-75 survivors in all grades. Such a total confirms the 1892-O as the third-rarest New Orleans Mint Half Eagle in an absolute sense, and it is surpassed in this regard by only the 1842-O and 1847-O.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Minimally worn with ample evidence of a semi-prooflike finish, both sides exhibit a pleasing blend of rose-gold and reddish-gold colors. A sharply struck example with no significant abrasions for a lightly circulated gold coin of this size, especially one from a Southern branch mint like New Orleans.