1859-S Liberty Half Eagle.
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In 1859, 13,220 Liberty Half Eagles were minted in San Francisco.
The mint was concentrating on double eagles at the time which accounts
for the half eagle's low mintage (double eagles had a mintage of 636,445.)
Heavy circulation culled down the survivors to next to nothing.
You will rarely see this coin in any grade and above XF is an amazing find.
Heritage has sold a total of 13 of these coins in their history. Estimated
survivors would be around 40-50 pieces.
PCGS and NGC have both combined to grade 63 of these coins. One
has to wonder how many resubmissions has inflated the pops? The
finest known in NGC plastic is a MS62. The finest known in PCGS
plastic is a MS62 which was in the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection and
shown below. (Previously the Milas Collection before Bass.) According
to Doug Winter, the MS62 in NGC and PCGS plastic is the same coin.
When sold in the Milas collection, it was NGC. When sold in the Bass
collection, it was PCGS.
I am very pleased to own one of this date for my collection. Thoughts
of a postive or negative nature are fully welcome. Hope you enjoyed
the post.
Good info from Heritage, DW, and assorted websites to create this post.
The mint was concentrating on double eagles at the time which accounts
for the half eagle's low mintage (double eagles had a mintage of 636,445.)
Heavy circulation culled down the survivors to next to nothing.
You will rarely see this coin in any grade and above XF is an amazing find.
Heritage has sold a total of 13 of these coins in their history. Estimated
survivors would be around 40-50 pieces.
PCGS and NGC have both combined to grade 63 of these coins. One
has to wonder how many resubmissions has inflated the pops? The
finest known in NGC plastic is a MS62. The finest known in PCGS
plastic is a MS62 which was in the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection and
shown below. (Previously the Milas Collection before Bass.) According
to Doug Winter, the MS62 in NGC and PCGS plastic is the same coin.
When sold in the Milas collection, it was NGC. When sold in the Bass
collection, it was PCGS.
I am very pleased to own one of this date for my collection. Thoughts
of a postive or negative nature are fully welcome. Hope you enjoyed
the post.
Good info from Heritage, DW, and assorted websites to create this post.
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This then makes it a solid R-5 coin.
Great post.
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Do you agree with the VG10 grade?
<< <i>Beautiful, original coin.
Do you agree with the VG10 grade? >>
You know, i think it squarely falls into VG08-10 range. It is really
tough for me to decide which it should be. How about a few more coins
to compare it to?
anacs vg08
anacs vg08
pcgs vg08
and to finish it off, something lower and higher.
pcgs ag03
pcgs f15
so let me compare and decide ;-)
i am leaning towards vg08 more and more.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>It looks like a heck of a nice coin and I would be the opportunity to own one would not occur frequently. >>
funny enough there is one coming up on teletrade, AU details and
another on ebay, a beautiful AU. Too bad they will cost thousands..
:-( the asking price on ebay for the AU one is 4500 if i remember correctly.