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Lot 1598

1912-S $5 Indian PCGS MS63. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. Very frosty with outstanding surfaces for the choice grade assigned and tough date and mint to find this nice. For some reason these early mintmarked half eagles seem to have suffered a similar fate. Depsite a generous mintage, less than one percent survived at all, and of the few thousand that did survive only a modest number qualify in Mint State condition. Naturally the majorty of mint state coins are in lower grades, with the numbers seen in Choice including this coin coming in at a low tally of 15 pieces. Finer pieces are downright rare, numbering 20 in MS-64 with just a single coin in MS-65 at the top of the PCGS Population Report. This particular San Francisco issue is known for its weakly struck mintmark and generally inferior strikes, which combine to make this date so diffucult to find in choice grades or finer. If you have been looking for a highly appealing and attractive 1912-S half eagle, then bid high in order to capture this stellar representative of this date. Pop 15; 21 finer, 20 in 64, 1 in 65 (PCGS # 8524) Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000

Ex. US Gold from a prominent midwestern family collection.


 
Realized $16,450



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