1908-S $5 MS(PCGS#8512)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

2391

Grade

AU55

Prix

2 040

Description du lot

Warm honey-gold surfaces with glints of champagne-pink toning also very much in evidence. Lustrous for the grade, only a touch of wear and wispy handling marks separate this example from an even higher Choice AU grade. Bela Lyon Pratt's incuse design made its debut in the quarter eagle and half eagle series in 1908. The San Francisco Mint, which would strike only half eagles of this design, struck 82,000 examples during the first year, the lowest mintage among Indian half eagles after only the 1909-O and 1911-D. Survivors are popular with collectors at all levels of preservation.