1848-C FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8237
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 64,472
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
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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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1259,
illustrated, not sold
NGC AU-50. Noticeably abraded. Ex
- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature
Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7240, illustrated, sold for $1,897.50
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS a single MS-64.
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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