1865-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8299
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 27,612
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 21.7
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"S" (for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58. Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 2215 @ $5,750.00 "to the book"
NGC AU-58 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California
Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 913 @$7,475.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1406, illustrated, sold for $5,750.00
EF-40 (illustrated below). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 2216, "Polished" @ $2,070.00 "to the book"
ANACS EF Details, cleaned. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot
914, "Net VF-20" @$862.00
ANACS Net EF-40, AU Details, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8988, not plated, unsold
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
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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