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Does anyone have a picture of a 1854S half eagle?

fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭
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Does anyone have a picture of the 1854S half eagle?

thanks. coinfacts does not. a google search is not finding one.

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    firstmintfirstmint Posts: 1,171 ✭
    The finest of the three is pictured in the October 27, 1982 U S Gold catalogue (Eliasberg) by Bowers & Ruddy.

    It is plated full page in b&w and also enlarged in the color plates
    PM me if you are looking for U.S. auction catalogs
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    fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭
    interesting. thanks first mint.

    now how about one online for public viewing? :-)
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    jobiwan115jobiwan115 Posts: 769
    This what you're looking for? NGC AU-53:

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    Exclusively collecting Capped Bust Halves in VF to AU, especially rarity 3 and up.
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    Joe G.
    Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
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    firstmintfirstmint Posts: 1,171 ✭
    Don't know of one that is pictured online.

    Unfortunately, the eagle posted doesn't work as a half eagle.

    PM me if you are looking for U.S. auction catalogs
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You may have to buy the Eliasberg catalog to see it.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭
    jobi, neat coin but that is an eagle.
    i want to see the fiver.

    thanks ryk. it appears the owner's of this coin have never felt
    the need to share it online, only numismatic material.
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    FLBuffaloHunterFLBuffaloHunter Posts: 3,127
    image Wrong mint.
    Never teach a pig to sing. You'll waste your time and annoy the pig image

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    jobiwan115jobiwan115 Posts: 769


    << <i>jobi, neat coin but that is an eagle.
    i want to see the fiver.

    thanks ryk. it appears the owner's of this coin have never felt
    the need to share it online, only numismatic material. >>



    Ahh! Not something I collect, I thought that was the half-eagle and the $20 was an eagle; glad someone posted the right coin. image
    Exclusively collecting Capped Bust Halves in VF to AU, especially rarity 3 and up.
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    Joe G.
    Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,144 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try David Akers book on $5's.
    It doesn't look as though Heritage has ever sold one.
    TD
    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is a photo of one in 100 Greatest Coins (Garrett and Guth, 2005) and The Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coin, 1795-1933 (Garrett and Guth, 2006). You might have to break down and buy a coin book image (or visit the bookstore or a library).
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    firstmintfirstmint Posts: 1,171 ✭
    Then he might just have to get a bookcase...and you know what happens next. It eventually gets filled up.

    Coins and books together - who'd a thunk it.

    Personally, I learn a great deal more by reading books and catalogues, than looking at coins or listening to bourse floor promotional pitches.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    Hey, it's as least as close as the other pics in this thread image

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Then he might just have to get a bookcase...and you know what happens next. It eventually gets filled up.

    Coins and books together - who'd a thunk it.

    Personally, I learn a great deal more by reading books and catalogues, than looking at coins or listening to bourse floor promotional pitches. >>



    Gosh...are you telling me that there are some things about coins that you cannot learn about on the internet? image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the Eliasberg specimen, scanned from the auction plates:

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    This may be the first time the image has appeared online!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey, Cardinal!

    I had fc this close (I I) from actually buying a coin book. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey RYK,

    Hopefully this will show fc the value of a library. You never know when you might need some information on something, and you might need it fast. If you have a good reference library, you can look down the shelf, pick it up, and have the info at your fingertips in less time than it takes to post a request online!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now that we have the photo online, I would add that given the deplorable condition of the existing 1854-S quarter eagles, it is amazing that an 1854-S half eagle exists in such lovely condition.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭
    cardinal, wowzer, i did not expect to see a gem!

    my god, ryk, that is exactly my thoughts also.
    how did that coin survive in that shape? simply amazing!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>cardinal, wowzer, i did not expect to see a gem!

    my god, ryk, that is exactly my thoughts also.
    how did that coin survive in that shape? simply amazing! >>



    Compare the detail on the obverse (especially the hair) to the 1895 $5 in the other thread.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭
    yes, the feathers in the arrows are very visible too. what a strike.
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    KentuckyJKentuckyJ Posts: 1,871 ✭✭✭

    Thanks, fc. More informative than some recent forum resurrections image

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