1862-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8293
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 9,500
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"S" (for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 483, illustrated, not sold Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, May
23, 1968
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1403, illustrated, sold for $10,350.00
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 484,
illustrated, not sold Purchased
from W. F. Betz, El Dorado, Arkansas, June 9, 1967
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1404, illustrated, sold for $8,625.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 AU-55'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
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