1854 $5 MS(PCGS#8256)

The March 2011 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6528

Grade

MS64

Price

19,550

Lot Description

1854 Liberty Half Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS). Conditionally challenging in Mint State grades as a date, this 1854 is at the top of the charts as an Mint State-64 specimen. Only two have been certified by PCGS this high, with none seen finer. The color is classic orange-gold with abundant luster in the fields. Surface quality is extraordinary as there are scarcely any hairlines, nicks or handling marks. Fully struck throughout and carefully preserved since the day it was coined. Mintage of 160,675 pieces, most melted long ago, a few survived but apparently only 2 survived this nice, with none seen finer. Premier quality for the numismatist and exceptional eye appeal too.