1879-S $5 MS(PCGS#8350)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2025

Grade

MS61

Price

1,140

Lot Description

Vivid but soft rose-gold surfaces support a bold to sharp strike with soft, frosty mint luster throughout. Keeping pace with the main coinage facility in Philadelphia, the San Francisco Mint also continued to increase half eagle production through 1879 with a delivery of 426,200 coins for the year. Although fairly plentiful in circulated grades, Uncirculated survivors are scarce.