1851-C $5 MS(PCGS#8247)

June 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2494

Grade

AU55

Price

3,240

Lot Description

1851-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-2. AU-55 (NGC). Light golden-olive surfaces are satiny in texture with all but isolated high points boldly to sharply defined. Doug Winter (Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861, 2008 edition) describes two die marriages for the 1851-C half eagle issue. Winter-2, represented here, employs the same reverse die used to strike the 1849-C Winter-1, Die State II and 1850-C Winter-1 varieties, with a readily evident die crack from the border before the word UNITED to the olive branch. The author describes the 1851-C Winter-2 variety as "very rare." PCGS# 8247. NGC ID: 25U6. Click here for certification details from NGC.