Lot 1463
1852-D $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. Very boldly struck including fully defined stars and feathers. Only 91,584 pieces minted. The surfaces are nice and frosty all with a touch of tone just starting to form. This is a rich-looking greenish-gold half eagle with its limitless expanse of mint frost. An unsuccessful strike seems to beset the gold coins made at Dahlonega in the 1850s; this coin, unlike the rest, was left sharper than average in the centers after the dies retracted from striking it during coining. Only a few areas around the dentils does one find the usual soft impression. As such, if you are a collector young at heart in whom a passion for high quality rare date C and D Mint gold is ineradicably implanted, then it matters to you that this coin is superior to most in its grade. It is the overall impressiveness of the frosty color and mint originality that attracts the bidder to this rare numismatic treasure. Pop 2; 3 finer, 1 in 62, 2 in 63 (PCGS # 8252) .
Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000.
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| Realized $9,488 |
