1847 $5 MPD FS-302 MS(PCGS#145698)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1367

Grade

AU55

Price

1,080

Lot Description

1847 Liberty Head Half Eagle. FS-302. Misplaced Date. AU-55 (PCGS). This lustrous Choice AU half eagle has bold to sharp striking detail throughout and pleasingly original honey-olive and pale rose-gold patina. An early die state of the 1847 FS-302 attribution, this coin shows also shows evidence of the vertical crack noted for the PCGS AU-58 example from the Fairmont Collection offered above, but only within Liberty's portrait and not yet extending to the digit 4 in the date and the lower border. PCGS# 145698. NGC ID: 25TL. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.