Lot 3845
1859-D $5 Liberty. Medium D. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice strike with natural golden toning. Only 10,366 minted. Pop 3: 1 in 64. Among the finest known. The surfaces are radiant and each side has a nice veneer of warm orange-gold patina that whips and tosses as it alternates between lighter and darker shades. This is a nicely struck example exhibiting fine detail to all the high points, barring only star 10, the hair waves below LIBERTY on the coronet, and, on the reverse, some absence of detail in the eagle's neck and right leg feathers along with the arrow feather immediately below the shield point. Surfaces are virtually immaculate for a coin in this condition. If a search had to be made, perhaps a few light contact marks could be discerned on the chin point, near the point of the coronet, and a couple below the ear and on the neck truncation. But these are so minor as to be inconsequential. A wonderful example of this rare D-mint half eagle, one of the finest certified (PCGS # 8282) .
Estimated Value $30,000 - 35,000.
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