1836 $5 MS(PCGS#8174)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6283

Grade

AU53

Price

2,160

Lot Description

Delightful golden-apricot and warm olive colors are seen on both sides of this sharply defined and lustrous AU half eagle. Nine different die combinations produced more than half a million 1836 half eagles, the second largest production run among Classic Head $5 pieces. After the first year 1834, the 1836 is the most readily obtainable half eagle of this type. Most survivors are well worn and a fair number are impaired. Finding choice, problem free About Uncirculated examples is becoming increasingly difficult.