1864-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8297
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,888
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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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
NGC EF-40 (illustrated above). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 2214 @ $14,950.00
Recent appearances:
EF-40. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 490, illustrated, not sold Purchased from Dr. Edward W.W. Lewis,
August 20, 1968
Net EF-40, AU Details, Damaged, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8987, plated, sold for $4,600.00
Notes:
The finest 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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