1855-O FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8264
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 11,100
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"O" (for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
|
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003,
Lot
3709, sold for $6,612.50
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 454, illustrated, sold for $3,680.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of the Shuford
Collection, April 1968, Lot 2085
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-61'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
|