Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction  –  4 - 8 April 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction

US Coins and Currency

Part 1: Mo, 04.04.2022, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 4: Tu, 05.04.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 06.04.2022, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 07.04.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Fr, 08.04.2022, from 12:00 AM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1851-O Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.

Lovely orange-olive surfaces are richly original and retain plenty of soft, frosty mint luster. Well struck by 1850s New Orleans Mint standards with an exceptionally smooth appearance for having seen light commercial use. The 1851-O has a mintage identical to the 1845-O (41,000 pieces), and both are of equal scarcity in today's market. As with most New Orleans Mint half eagles from the 1840s and 1850s, grades of VF and EF are typical. The present example, rare at the About Uncirculated level, is a desirable alternative for the collector who is unable to procure one of the few Mint State survivors.

PCGS# 8249. NGC ID: 25U9.

PCGS Population: 8; 25 finer, eight of which are Mint State (MS-64 finest). CAC Population: 4; 6.

From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set.

Estimate: $ 3000

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Price realized 6'500 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 3'000 USD
The auction is closed.
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