1856 $5 MS(PCGS#8266)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4542

Grade

MS61

Price

1,800

Lot Description

Appealing frosty surfaces display vivid, original color in deep honey-orange. Sharply to fully struck and not all that far from a Choice Mint State rating. The reverse is rotated nearly 45 degrees counterclockwise from normal coin alignment. An otherwise plentiful issue by 1850s Liberty Head half eagle standards, the 1856 is elusive at the present level of preservation, and this coin represents an important bidding opportunity for the specialist.