1882-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8360
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 969,000
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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Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7613, not illustrated, sold for $414.00
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 546, not
illustrated, not sold From
Stack's sale of Miles Collection, October 1968, Lot 518
NGC MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000,
Lot 931 @$690.00
ICG NS-62, Brilliant
Uncirculated and nearly Choice. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary
Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1754, not plated, sold for $230.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
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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