1909-O $5 OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8515
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 34,200
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: "O" (for New
Orleans, LA) left of the arrowheads on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9,
2001, Lot 843, plated, unsold
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 536, illustrated, not sold
MS-60 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show
Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 844, plated, sold for $5,750.00
NGC AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 537, illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
NGC AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 177, sold for
$2,357.50
EF-45. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1307, illustrated, sold for $2,070.00
VF-35. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1457, illustrated, sold for $1,150.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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