Major Rarity in Sunday’s GC Auction

Copperindian · June 19, 2026 12:03PM

There are only 4 examples known. This coin, discovered in 2012, was the last of the 4. Just read that the legendary Louis Eliasberg added one of the then 3 known as the next to last coin in his vast collection. Bid right now @ $127.5k & I’m “guessing” it moves much higher.

WildWestHalfDollars · June 19, 2026 12:12PM

Wish I had deep pockets!!!

johnny9434 · June 19, 2026 12:31PM

Amazing all the way around, I like 👍

golden · June 19, 2026 3:24PM

Cool coin!

Walkerfan · June 19, 2026 5:43PM

What a rare bird!!

CircOnly · June 19, 2026 7:06PM

I hate when people post my cherry picks. I was hoping to get this for about $100.

csanotes · June 19, 2026 7:33PM

But…..but…..WAIT!…..it doesn’t have a green or gold bean. I’ll pass for now and wait for one that is bean approved.

MsMorrisine · June 19, 2026 7:36PM

trophy coin for sure

certainly enough of a headline piece that it deserves to be talked about while on auction

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 10:13AM

Sat AM - last bid @ $152.5k. I don’t don’t specialize in these types of coins; no idea how high this might go, but it is a pop 4…..

WildWestHalfDollars · June 20, 2026 10:51AM

300k-400k is my guess will see if the deep pockets fight it out.

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 11:08AM

@Catbert:
Hi Dan - did you see this? How deep are your pockets?

WildWestHalfDollars · June 20, 2026 12:15PM

The fact it is a mint (New Orleans) rarity makes it that much more special versus some overdate or the like.

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 12:16PM

@WildWestHalfDollars said:
The fact it is a mint (New Orleans) rarity makes it that much more special versus some overdate or the like.

Yes + it’s a pop 4

Baylor8670 · June 20, 2026 12:29PM

When Top Pop is a 35, you know it's rare. The 35 sold for $517k in 2017.

Mintage and survivors are both 4? That's something you don't see every day.

EDIT - THE COINFACTS MINTAGE FIGURE I CITED IS INCORRECT PER @MFELD BELOW.

Clackamas1 · June 20, 2026 12:37PM

That coin has stories.

dunkleosteus430 · June 20, 2026 12:50PM

Why isn't it considered a transitional pattern or something like that?

Baylor8670 · June 20, 2026 12:58PM

@dunkleosteus430 said:
Why isn't it considered a transitional pattern or something like that?

I believe Congressional authorization as legal tender is the deciding factor between coins and patterns (anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

Catbert · June 20, 2026 1:30PM

@Copperindian said:
@Catbert:
Hi Dan - did you see this? How deep are your pockets?

LOLLOLLOLOOOOL!

MFeld · June 20, 2026 1:32PM

@Baylor8670 said:
When Top Pop is a 35, you know it's rare. The 35 sold for $517k in 2017.

Mintage and survivors are both 4? That's something you don't see every day.

No, the mintage is unrecorded, but believed to have been in the hundreds or thousands, with nearly all having been melted.

Baylor8670 · June 20, 2026 1:47PM

@MFeld said:

@Baylor8670 said:
When Top Pop is a 35, you know it's rare. The 35 sold for $517k in 2017.

Mintage and survivors are both 4? That's something you don't see every day.

No, the mintage is unrecorded, but believed to have been in the hundreds or thousands, with nearly all having been melted.

I see.

Maybe someone with our gracious host could update Coinfacts.

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 1:47PM

@MFeld raises a good point. Pops reported are “4 known”. PCGS grades are G6, VG8 (this one & the most recent discovery in 2012), F12 & the VF35 cited above.

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 1:55PM

There’s an informative description in CoinFacts authored by Ron Guth. In it, he cites two articles about the coin that should prove interesting.
As for me, I’m curious about the Eliasberg coin. Was it one one of the G6, F12 or VF35? Or, rather one of the ones melted? I don’t know when that may have occurred.

MFeld · June 20, 2026 2:04PM

@Copperindian said:
There’s an informative description in CoinFacts authored by Ron Guth. In it, he cites two articles about the coin that should prove interesting.
As for me, I’m curious about the Eliasberg coin. Was it one one of the G6, F12 or VF35? Or, rather one of the ones melted? I don’t know when that may have occurred.

The Eliasberg example couldn’t have been one of the ones melted or he wouldn’t have been able to obtain it.😉

TrickleCharge · June 20, 2026 2:16PM

Stack's Coin Resource Center has some good info.

https://stacksbowers.com/coin-resource-center/coin/1853-o-no-arrows-no-rays-liberty-seated-half-dollar/

Copperindian · June 20, 2026 2:52PM

@TrickleCharge said:
Stack's Coin Resource Center has some good info.

https://stacksbowers.com/coin-resource-center/coin/1853-o-no-arrows-no-rays-liberty-seated-half-dollar/

Thanks for the informative link! In parsing through it, the Eliasberg coin was the F-12.

jmlanzaf · June 21, 2026 4:25AM

@MFeld said:

@Copperindian said:
There’s an informative description in CoinFacts authored by Ron Guth. In it, he cites two articles about the coin that should prove interesting.
As for me, I’m curious about the Eliasberg coin. Was it one one of the G6, F12 or VF35? Or, rather one of the ones melted? I don’t know when that may have occurred.

The Eliasberg example couldn’t have been one of the ones melted or he wouldn’t have been able to obtain it.😉

You don't think it could have been melted in the recent silver run-up? 🤣

Walkerfan · June 21, 2026 5:32PM

Hammered for$225k ($247,500 all in)!!

Pass the Cristal… and a toast to the winner!!

Copperindian · June 21, 2026 5:34PM

@Walkerfan said:
Hammered for$225k ($247,500 all in)!!

A “bargain”!

WildWestHalfDollars · June 21, 2026 6:00PM

Wish I had deep pockets!!! > @Copperindian said:

@Walkerfan said:
Hammered for$225k ($247,500 all in)!!

A “bargain”!

Seems like one to me. Congrats to the buyer!!!

skier07 · June 21, 2026 7:08PM

I think a coin like this would do better at HA or SB timed with winter FUN or the ANA.

DCW · June 22, 2026 3:48AM

I wonder if anyone on the forum purchased this. It did seem like a relative bargain considering its rarity.

Major Rarity in Sunday’s GC Auction

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