1861-D $5 MS (PCGS#8290)
August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night
- Auctioneer
- Stack's Bowers
- Lot Number
- 7686
- Grade
- MS63
- Price
- 143,750
- Lot Description
- 1861-D Liberty Half Eagle. Winter 39-EE, the only known dies. MS-63 (PCGS). Deeply lustrous honey gold with warm pale orange iridescence. The strike is bold for the date with strong peripheral highlights and just a hint of weakness at the eagle's sinister claw. From a small mintage of 1,597 pieces struck the year the Confederate States of America took over the three southernmost mints; this represented the terminal year for Dahlonega and Charlotte coinage, though the New Orleans Mint reopened in 1879. Typically found in VF or EF, mint state examples of the date have a reputation for rarity, and at choice mint state, as here, that rarity is magnified. The present specimen is definitely a <strong><em>Condition Census </em></strong>coin, one that will elevate and enhance the importance of the next owner's cabinet. As foretold in an old poem, the South shall rise again--it certainly does so here!<br />
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