1863 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 8294, 8453
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 2,442
Proofs: 30
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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Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
Ex
Trompeter collection.
Recent appearances:
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 485, illustrated, sold for $3,220.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman,
April 28, 1967
Notes:
The finest circulation strike examples graded by PCGS are 3 AU-58's.
The finest Proof examples
graded by PCGS are 3 PR-64'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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