1908-S $5 MS(PCGS#8512)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

2078

Grade

AU58

Prix

4 560

Description du lot

Original deep honey surfaces with glints of champagne-pink toning also very much in evidence. Smooth and attractive for the grade, just a touch of friction separates this PQ example from a Mint State grade. Bela Lyon Pratt's incuse design made its debut in the quarter eagle and half eagle series in 1908. The San Francisco Mint, which would strike only half eagles of this design, struck 82,000 examples during the first year, the lowest mintage among Indian half eagles after only the 1909-O and 1911-D. Survivors are popular with collectors at all levels of preservation.