1855 $5 MS(PCGS#8261)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

10181

Grade

MS63

Price

5,280

Lot Description

Underrated 1855 Half Eagle Condition Rarity 1855 Liberty Head Half Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS). This handsome piece exhibits vivid reddish-orange rim highlights around warm rose-gold surfaces. The strike is generally sharpest toward the borders, the central high points a bit soft, yet not uncommonly so for a Liberty Head half eagle from the 1850s. Full satin luster blankets both sides, the surfaces attractive and expectably smooth for the assigned grade. While circulated examples of this issue are considered common coins by No Motto Liberty Head half eagle standards, in Mint State the 1855 is an underrated condition rarity. Even in lower Uncirculated grades such as MS-60 and MS-61 this issue is highly elusive, while the Choice example offered here numbers among the finest known to PCGS. A find for the astute gold coin enthusiast. PCGS# 8261. NGC ID: 25UP. PCGS Population: 3; 5 finer (MS-64+ finest).