1849-D FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8242
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 39,036
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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Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62. Ex - Ashland City -
Heritage 01/2004: 9023, $15,525.00, Variety 21-N
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 419, illustrated, sold for $18,400.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman,
April 28, 1967
NGC MS-62. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1383, illustrated, sold for $10,350.00
NGC AU-58. Ex- Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October
5-7, 2000,
Lot 7596, illustrated, sold for $4,945.00
NGC AU-55. Heritage
01/2004: 9022, $5,462.50, Variety 22-L
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 420,
illustrated, sold for $1,840.00 From
Lester Merkin's sale of March 1969, Lot 248
Net AU-50, sharpness of AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries'
"The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot
223, illustrated, sold for $2,070.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
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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