Stack's Bowers Galleries

March 2021 Auction  –  24 - 27 March 2021

Stack's Bowers Galleries, March 2021 Auction

Live Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 1: We, 24.03.2021, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 2: Th, 25.03.2021, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 25.03.2021, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 4: Fr, 26.03.2021, from 2:00 AM CET
Part 5: Fr, 26.03.2021, from 5:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Liberty Head Half Eagle

1844-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. EF-40 (PCGS).

Richly original honey-gold surfaces with intermingled pale rose highlights evident as the coin rotates under a light. Boldly defined in all but a few isolated areas, this is clearly a superior quality example in a lightly circulated C-Mint half eagle. Rarer than even the mintage of 23,631 pieces might suggest, the 1844-C saw particularly heavy circulation due to a combination of factors. The first of these was a loss of confidence in the privately minted Bechtler coins among the contemporary public, while the second was a fire in the Charlotte Mint that forced a suspension in production in 1845 (there is no 1845-C half eagle issue). Finer than the typically encountered EF survivor, the present example has much to recommend it to advanced Southern gold enthusiasts.

PCGS# 8220. NGC ID: 25T8.

Estimate: $ 2000

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Price realized 2'600 USD
Starting price 1 USD
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