1856 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8266
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 197,990
Proofs: Unique?
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) above the date
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Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 456, illustrated, sold for $7,475.00 From Stack's sale of the Shapero
Collection, October 1971, Lot 1005
NGC MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 517, illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 226,
illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 518, illustrated, sold for
$1,955.00
AU-58. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
710, not illustrated, sold for $529.00
Choice Very Fine. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1120, not plated, sold for $172.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
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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