1847-D FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8234
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 64,405
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"D" (for Dahlonega, GA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Hancock
& Harwell Rare Coins
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-62 (illustrated
above). Part of the famous "Duke's Creek"
collection of Southern Gold coins as of October 20, 1999.
NGC MS-61. Heritage
01/2004: 9020, $7,475.00
Recent appearances:
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr.
Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 408, illustrated,
sold for $3,450.00 Purchased
from Stanley Kesselman, August 5, 1968
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr.
Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 409, illustrated,
sold for $2,587.50 From
Abe Kosoff's sale of August 1968, Lot 960
EF-40. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 901, plated @$1,265.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-63'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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