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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Notes:
With a mintage of only 15,833
coins, the 1841 Half Eagle is rare in all grades. In terms of the
number of surviving examples, the 1841 ranks as the second rarest of any
of the P-Mint Half Eagles of the 1840's, right behind the slightly rarer
1842. Uncirculated examples are very rare, with perhaps less than
two dozen known. None are known above the grade of MS-64. Most
of the gold for these coins came from the Southeast United States (gold
had not yet been discovered in California), thus many 1841 Half Eagles
exhibit hints of a pale green color because of the natural impurities in
the gold.
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are
5 MS-64's.
Significant
examples:
PCGS MS-64 (illustrated above). Ex -
possibly Stack's "Grant Pierce", 1965 - Stack's, May 1985, sold
for $30,800 - David Akers' section of Auction '89, Lot 1391, sold for
$34,100 - Auctions by Bowers & Merena, Inc. "Paul S. Mory",
June 2000, Lot 1184, sold for $10,350 - Superior Galleries'
"The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot
814, plated - sold for $11,500.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 131,
unsold
NGC MS-64 (illustrated
below). Offered at the October 2001 Long Beach show by Mid-American
Rare Coin Galleries.
PCGS MS-63. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
702, illustrated, sold for $10,062.50
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 366, illustrated, sold for $9,200.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman,
May 5, 1969
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
367, illustrated, sold for $1,035.00 From Stack's sale of the Davis Collection, February 1968, Lot
273
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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