1839-C FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8192
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 17,205
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 22.5
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"C" (for Charlotte, NC) above the date
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Images courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples:
(Illustrated above). Ex - the John Jay Pittman
collection
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1360, illustrated, sold for
$13,225.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 813, sold for $7,762.50 Previously from Superior's Ft. Lauderdale
Mid-Winter ANA sale, 2000, lot 850
NGC EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 508, illustrated, sold for
$1,955.00
Net VF-30, Repaired. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin &
Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May
28-30, 2001, Lot 1361, illustrated, sold for $1,265.00
Net VF-30, sharpness of EF-40, Cleaned. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May
21, 2001, Lot 216, not illustrated, sold for $747.50
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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