1859-C FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8281
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 31,847
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"C" (for Charlotte, NC) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7251, illustrated, sold for $5,865.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2343 at $5,060.00 From the North
Georgia Collection
NGC AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 230,
illustrated, not sold
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1263, illustrated, not sold
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2344 at $1,265.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
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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