1840 $5 MS(PCGS#8194)

June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

3364

Grade

MS61

Prix

3 720

Description du lot

1840 Liberty Head Half Eagle. Narrow Mill. MS-61 (NGC). Frosty orange-gold surfaces are modestly semi-reflective in the fields. The strike is well executed with impressively sharp detail throughout the design. The 1840 is a popular early Liberty Head half eagle for better date type purposes. Even so, it is scarce in an absolute sense and its true rarity in the finer AU and Mint State grades, like that of so many 1840s Philadelphia Mint half eagles, is overlooked by more casual collectors. High quality offerings such as this do not come along that often. NGC Census: 16; 9 finer (MS-65 finest). PCGS# 8194. NGC ID: 25SA. Click here for certification details from NGC.