Lot 1292
1907. PCGS graded MS-66 CAC Approved. A brilliant intensely lustrous satiny mint gem, untoned. Worthy of a premium bid. Final year of the With Motto $5 Type, first used in 1866. The series lasted from 1839 until 1907, when it was superceded by the new Indian Head coin. The Half Eagle was the workhorse gold coin denomination of the 19th to early 20th century, used in trade but also in internal US commerce. It had similar sized counterparts throughout the world such as the British sovereign, German 20 mark, Swiss 20 franc, Russian 20 ruble, and so forth.
The steady flow of P-mint deliveries in the late 1890s and early 1900s decade insures collectors will find adequate supplies of circulated and uncirculated specimens. Though in fact, Gems are much more elusive since these were heavily abraded in bank to bank transfers. Not easily located in Gem Mint State 66 condition. Pop 21; none finer at PCGS.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500.
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