August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Description
1915-S Indian Half Eagle. MS-63 (ICG).
One of the last half eagles struck at San Francisco, the 1915-S half eagle saw a modest mintage of only 164,000 coins. However, this is one of the most challenging issues in the entire Indian half eagle series to obtain in any condition. Few coins were saved by collectors; many found their way to the Treasury in the 1920s and eventually into the melting pot the following decade. Most uncirculated specimens are found only at the very lowest of the Mint State degrees of preservation and usually significantly bagmarked. Choice Mint State examples provoke much interest from twentieth-century gold specialists and the example offered here is no exception. Attractive rich gold tone with pale blue iridescent highlights are seen at places on the obverse. Sharply struck and though a glass reveals some minor contact, there are no singularly distracting marks worth mentioning. A serious condition rarity and worth a close look.
PCGS# 8531. NGC ID: 25ZR.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 3'200 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 7'500 USD |
