1877-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8344
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 26,700
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:
AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1272,
illustrated, sold for $1,380.00
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 826, unsold
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS are 2 MS-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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