1854-C $5 Weak C MS(PCGS#98257)

June 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

63

Grade

VF30

Price

1,800

Lot Description

1854-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Weak C. VF-30 (PCGS). This honey-gold coin has the C mintmark faint, yet discernible and all other devices suitably bold for a lightly circulated Charlotte Mint half eagle. There is enough detail remaining to suggest an EF grade. Wispy hairlines and a somewhat glossy texture suggest that PCGS has net graded this coin to VF-30 due to an old cleaning. From a mintage of 39,283 pieces, survivors of which number among the scarcer Liberty Head half eagles from this challenging Southern coinage facility. Provenance: From the Boston Old City Hall Collection. Earlier ex our (Stack's) sale of January 1990, lot 1675. Lot tag included. PCGS# 98257. NGC ID: 25UH. Click here for certification details from PCGS.