1910-S $5 MS(PCGS#8519)

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

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

22211

Grade

MS65

Price

51,600

Lot Description

Exceedingly rare Gem Uncirculated quality for this conditionally challenged San Francisco Mint half eagle issue, this is actually the finest certified 1910-S that we have handled in recent decades. Fully lustrous with a softly frosted texture, both sides display lovely mint color in vivid golden-wheat. Remarkably smooth for the assigned grade, an impressively sharp strike overall adds to this coin's appeal.<p>A rare coin in all Mint State grades, the 1910-S ranks sixth of 24 Indian half eagle issues in terms of total number of Uncirculated coins believed extant. It is particularly elusive in grades above MS-64, at which levels the 1910-S is just as challenging to collect as the 1909-S. This is a landmark offering for the issue, and a coin that would serve as a highlight of any Indian half eagle or 20th century gold set in which it is included.