1846-D/D $5 MS(PCGS#8229)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5930

Grade

XF40

Price

2,243

Lot Description

1846-D/D Liberty Half Eagle. Winter 15-L. EF-40 (PCGS). Deep honey gold with a decided olive cast. Evenly worn but not heavily marked. A popular variety with the D mintmark first punched high in the die and well into the branch and arrow feathers above, then repunched in a more central location with no particular attempt to efface the first D.