1840-C FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8196
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 18,992
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±22.5
millimeters (reduced to ±21.65 millimeters later in the year)
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"C" (for Charlotte, NC) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples:
Ex - the John Jay Pittman
collection (illustrated above)
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58. Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 2190 @ $8,280.00 "to the book"
NGC AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1363, illustrated, sold for $9,200.00
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 358, "18 in dentils, Broad
Mill", illustrated, sold for $2,875.00 Purchased from Stanely Kesselman, February 23, 1968
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 359,
"18 in dentils, Broad Mill", illustrated, sold for $4,600.00
From Lester Merkin's sale
of March 1969, Lot 209
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 510, "18 in dentils",
illustrated, sold for $1,955.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
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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