Lot 718
Half Eagle. 1815. Rarity-7. NGC graded MS-62. One of the highlights of the sale, and will certainly be a highlight in any collection this coin graces. Long known as one of the ultra-rarities, any sale with an 1815 Half Eagle becomes a standard reference for numismatists, as this date has been known as a key date for well over 100 years. The fields and devices show few signs of contact, a mark here or there, but nothing of consequence. Liberty's face has some minor signs of contact, and the fields have trivial hairlines. None of this matters, for this is one of the great premier rarities of the Half Eagle series. The grading services have only graded 4 coins in total, two of which have been graded higher. An excellent list of the known specimens appeared in Superior's Keston sale, January 1996, which enumerates only 11 coins, some of which may be duplicates, and three of which are permanently off the market. A foremost opportunity and worthy of the finest collection of Half Eagles.
Identifiable by a tiny mark on Liberty's chin, and by a small tick mark on the upper right serif of the N of UNITED. Boldly struck on Liberty's uppermost curls, and on the eagle and his claws. An amazing rarity very nearly in choice condition.
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| Realized $165,000 |
