1852-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 32-V. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC.
A wonderfully original example with warm, even honey-apricot color on impressively smooth surfaces. Soft striking detail at the borders is characteristic of the issue, while the focal features remain pleasingly bold with only light wear. Faint traces of luster remain and will appeal to collectors of premium quality Southern gold from the pre-Civil War era. Although the 1852-D has one of the more plentiful certified populations among Dahlonega Mint half eagles, CAC-approved examples are in the distinct minority at all grade levels. The most frequently encountered die marriage of the issue, the Winter 32-V shares its reverse with 33-V, the die attributable by the presence of a bold vertical die line within the upper curve of the final letter S in STATES that joins the serif to the central stroke. On the obverse of 32-V, the upper right of the digit 2 in the date is distant from the truncation.
PCGS# 8252. NGC ID: 25UC.