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

fcfc Posts: 12,789 ✭✭✭
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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: 12,789 ✭✭✭
    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: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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: 12,789 ✭✭✭
    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: 31,582 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try David Akers book on $5's.
    It doesn't look as though Heritage has ever sold one.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
    PM me if you are looking for U.S. auction catalogs
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

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

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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: 12,789 ✭✭✭
    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: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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: 12,789 ✭✭✭
    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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