1839-C $5 MS(PCGS#8192)
1839-C $5 MS (PCGS#8192)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4529
- 等级
- VF25
- 价格
- 57,329
- 详细说明
- 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, <em>Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861</em>, 2008). Our first offering for a VF survivor in more than 15 years, this handsome deep orange-olive coin holds tremendous appeal for specialist collectors whose budget precludes pursuit of the more costly EF and AU pieces that make up the majority of auction offerings. Die State I.