1896 $5 MS(PCGS#8392)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4554

Grade

MS64

Price

1,320

Lot Description

Blended rose-gold patina and soft satin luster provide outstanding visual appeal for this smartly impressed, nicely preserved example. Despite a limited mintage of 58,960 circulation strikes, there are enough circulated and lower end Mint State coins extant for the 1896 half eagle to satisfy less discerning collectors. Advanced numismatists, however, will have to compete vigorously for the honor of securing a coin that grades MS-64 or finer, as here. Definitely an underrated issue at the higher Mint State levels.