1857-O FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8274
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 13,000
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
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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot
3710,
sold for $8,050.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1394, illustrated, sold for
$6,325.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 466, illustrated, sold for $1,610.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of the
Shuford Collection, April 1968, Lot 2087
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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