1852-D $5 MS(PCGS#8252)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2010

Grade

XF45

Price

4,800

Lot Description

Attractive orange-apricot highlights enliven a base of warmer honey-olive color. This is an attractively original example, one that is also lustrous, frosty, and well struck apart from typical softness at the borders and central high points. With the second highest mintage (91,584 pieces) among half eagles from this coinage facility, the 1852-D is one of the more frequently encountered Dahlonega Mint fives. With AU coins very scarce to rare this is a significant offering of a Choice EF-45 example.