Lot 3832
1852-D $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Clean surfaces. Untoned with very choice eye appeal. 91,584 minted. Pop 1; 2 in 63. It is not all gold that glareth says Geoffrey Chaucer, an English fellow from long ago who wrote pretty prose and poetry; but Chaucer probably wasn't looking at this rich greenish-gold half eagle with its limitless expanse of mint frost. An unsuccessful strike seems to beset the gold coin made at Dahlonega in the 1850s; this coin, like the rest, was left a trifle weak in the centers after the dies retracted from striking it during coining. Nevertheless, if you are a collector young at heart in whom a passion for high quality rare date gold is ineradicably implanted, then it matters little to you about a silly bit of weakness here and there. It is the overall impressiveness of the frosty color and mint originality that attracts a buyer to this rare numismatic treasure (PCGS # 8252) .
Estimated Value $11,000 - 13,000.
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| Realized $13,225 |
