1847 $5 MPD FS-302 MS(PCGS#145698)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5898

Grade

AU58

Price

1,140

Lot Description

1847 Liberty Head Half Eagle. FS-302. Misplaced Date. AU-58 (PCGS). A handsome, original, honey-gold example with glints of pale pink around the peripheries. This is a dramatic and scarce variety, close inspection with a loupe reveals a readily identifiable 1 protruding from the front of Liberty's neck immediately above the bust. Provenance: From the Steve Studer Collection. Earlier ex our Baltimore Auction of May 2019, lot 2032. PCGS Population (FS-302 attribution only): 2; 1 finer (MS-62). PCGS# 145698. NGC ID: 25TL. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.