1850-C $5 MS(PCGS#8244)

The May 2013 ANA National Money Show

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1321

Grade

MS63

Price

18,213

Lot Description

1850-C Liberty Half Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS). If Charlotte Mint gold coins are your specialty, this choice Mint State 1850-C half eagle will be a focal point in your cabinet. It displays satiny gold surfaces with mint luster and some prooflike reflectivity. Sharply struck and free of all but a few insignificant blemishes, those best seen with a loupe.&nbsp;This is a rare issue in Mint State grades, despite a fairly generous production of 63,591 pieces. The present specimen is among the half dozen finest grading <em>events</em> for the date at PCGS. It surpasses by a grading point both Bass:1013 and 1014 (B&amp;M, October 2009) and Bass:427 (B&amp;M, May 2000), all of those MS-62 PCGS. Thus, the presently offered half eagle is a <em><strong>Condition Census</strong>&nbsp;</em>example of the date. It is from an advanced state of the reverse die with a sizable rim cud on the reverse that unites FI of the denomination with the rim; this chunk probably fell out of the die not too much farther down the road than when this example was struck. Charlotte gold at its finest.&nbsp;