1866-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE -
Without Motto on Reverse
(see 1866-S
Half Eagle With Motto)
PCGS No: 8300
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 9,000
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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Significant examples:
NGC AU-58. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3711, sold for $14,950.00
Recent appearances:
Net VF-35. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 492, illustrated, sold for $2,760.00 Purchased from Jack L. Klausen, June
19, 1968
PCGS Fine-15. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 231, not
illustrated, sold for $1,006.25
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS
are 3 AU-58'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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