1848-D FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8238, 8239
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 47,465
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-61 (illustrated
above). Part of the famous "Duke's Creek"
collection of Southern Gold coins as of October 20, 1999.
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-63. Heritage 01/2004: 9021,
$18,400.00, Variety 18-M, Die State I
Net AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 412, illustrated, sold for $1,495.00 Purchased from Paramount, December
26, 1969
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr.
Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 413, illustrated,
sold for $1,840.00 From
Stack's sale of August 1971, Lot 2178
Net VF-35. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 414,
illustrated, sold for $632.50 From
Paramount's sale of February 1971, Lot 1041
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-62's.
The finest
"D/D" examples graded by PCGS are 4 AU-58's.
Varieties:
One
reverse variety has a D/D mintmark.
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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