1836 $5 HM-6 MS(PCGS#765235)

February 2026 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part II

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

24015

Grade

XF40

Price

3.360

Lot Description

Handsome deep honey-orange color blankets both sides, which also reveal tinges of pinkish-rose that are most pronounced at the borders. Lightly worn overall, yet still sufficiently bold for most major design elements, faint traces of frosty luster also persist to tempt the viewer. Nine different die combinations produced more than half a million 1836 half eagles, the second largest production run among Classic Head $5 pieces. After the first year 1834, the 1836 is the most readily obtainable half eagle of this design type. Most survivors are well worn and a fair number are impaired. Finding choice, problem free examples in EF and AU is becoming increasingly difficult, especially with CAC approval, as here.