1908-S $5 OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8512
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 82,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Bela Lyon Pratt
Diameter: ±21.6 millimeters
Metal Content:
Gold - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±129 grains (±8.24
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S" (for San
Francisco) left of the arrowheads on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 7 MS-67's.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7306, illustrated, not sold
PCGS MS-66 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 838, plated, unsold, "PCGS
holder 6587995"
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 828,
illustrated, sold for $12,650.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money
Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 839, sold for $632.50
NGC AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 250, illustrated,
sold for $1,035.00
ANACS AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9045, not
plated, unsold
NGC AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 173, sold for
$402.50
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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