1911-S $5 OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8522
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,416,000
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 David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
Significant examples:
(illustrated above). Ex -
John Jay Pittman - David Akers Numismatics, Inc. "The John Jay Pittman
Collection", illustrated
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 542,
illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-60. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot
2424, unsold
Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
1795, "Minor rim bruise at star 6 describe this R-6 San Francisco
Mint coin", plated, sold for $546.25
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 1004, sold
for $391.00
EF-40. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection,
Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4060, not illustrated, sold for
$172.00
Extremely Fine. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1207, not plated, sold for $201.25
VF-20. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1461, not illustrated, sold for $150.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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