1839-C $5 MS(PCGS#8192)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5012

等级

AU50

价格

122,264

详细说明

Handsome AU 1839-C Half Eagle Numismatically Significant Issue 1839-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (PCGS). Attractive wheat-gold surfaces with subtle pinkish-rose highlights enlivening the peripheries. The amount of detail present is noteworthy for an issue that is usually seen well worn, and also with a poor quality of strike. This piece is soft in isolated areas, notably around the obverse periphery, above Liberty's brow and at the eagle's talons. Otherwise, however, we note universally sharp definition throughout. Satiny in texture with appreciable luster for the grade. One of the scarcest Charlotte Mint half eagles, the 1839-C is also eagerly sought by specialists as the first Liberty Head issue from this Southern coinage facility and the only one to display the C mintmark on the obverse above the date. As well, Liberty's portrait has an appreciably different design on half eagles of this date than on coins dated 1840 and later. This issue ranks within the top 10 for rarity in the Charlotte Mint half eagle series (per Doug Winter, Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861, 2008), and survivors are particularly elusive in grades above VF. This is our first offering for a problem free AU since 2014 -- a testament to the condition rarity of this coin. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set. PCGS Population: 10; 29 finer, nine of which are Mint State (MS-64 finest). PCGS# 8192. NGC ID: 25S8. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]