1834 $5 Classic Head, Plain 4 MS(PCGS#8171)

December 2025 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part I

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

22192

Erhaltungsgrad

MS62

Preis

6.600

Losbeschreibung

Well struck by the standards of the issue, we note generally sharp to full detail that softens (perhaps as would be expected) on the hair curls along Liberty's forehead, on the main curl behind the neck, and at the junction of the eagle's right wing and leg feathers with the left edge of the shield. Pretty surfaces are bathed in vivid olive-orange color. The luster is full with a generally frosted texture that reveals decided semi-prooflike reflectivity in the fields. Grade-defining handling marks are small in size and singularly inconspicuous to the unaided eye; the appearance is pleasingly smooth at the certified MS-62 level. From the first year of the brief and conditionally challenged Classic Head half eagle series, this flashy piece would do nicely in a Mint State type set.