1857-O $5 MS(PCGS#8274)

August 2011 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

9427

Grade

XF45

Price

2,185

Lot Description

1857-O Liberty Half Eagle. EF-45 (PCGS). Deep gold with some olive highlights. Evenly worn and not heavily marked, choice for the grade as such. From a modest mintage of 13,000 pieces, most of which circulated heavily in the New Orleans region.