1862 $5 MS(PCGS#8292)
1862 $5 MS (PCGS#8292)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3146
- 等级
- AU53
- 价格
- 74,968
- 详细说明
- An outstanding rarity that is sure to excite advanced collectors specializing in Liberty Head gold coinage. Vivid orange-honey color is enhanced by tinges of pinkish-apricot iridescence. The texture is soft and frosty, and the strike is sharp throughout. An appealing About Uncirculated survivor of this key date half eagle issue.<p>The suspension of gold specie payments by Eastern banks in December 1861 resulted in an immediate reduction in half eagle output at the Philadelphia Mint. Whereas the facility delivered a record (for the era) total of 688,084 circulation strikes in 1861, the mintage for the 1862 is just 4,430 pieces. The 1862 is a highly elusive issue with <em>PCGS CoinFacts</em>s estimating that fewer than 100 coins are extant in all grades. Particularly rare in Mint State, the significance of this attractive AU-53 cannot be overstated.