1915 $5 MS(PCGS#8530)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6347

Grade

MS64+

Price

2,880

Lot Description

Delightful satin to softly frosted surfaces are sharply struck with a full endowment of warm medium gold color. Struck during the first full year of World War I, 1915 saw the conflict in Europe escalate and the United States edge closer to involvement with the sinking of the <em>Lusitania</em>. In that year 588,000 half eagles were struck at the Philadelphia Mint and overall, the 1915 is one of the more available issues in lower grades. However, examples that approach the Gem Mint State level are scarce from a market availability standpoint.