1839 $5 MS(PCGS#8191)

The June 2012 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4275

Grade

MS62

Price

15,275

Lot Description

1839 Liberty Half Eagle. MS-62 (NGC). A frosty and lustrous yellow-gold specimen with strong unbroken luster on the high points, and with a trace of olive iridescence here and there. The satiny fields are faintly reflective in places, and bold mint frost engages the protected areas. A sharp and appealing example of the date, the first in Christian Gobrecht's Liberty half eagle design type. Magnified examination reveals repunching at the base of the E in LIBERTY and two raised die lumps on Liberty's neck. Choice for the grade with far fewer surface disturbances than typically encountered at MS-62.