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Browse Catalogue of Coin Galleries April 2006 Auction Limited to: United States Coins → U. S. Half Eagles ($5.00 Gold) Page 1 of 3  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Coin Galleries April 2006 → United States Coins → U. S. Half Eagles ($5.00 Gold) → U. S. Capped Bust Right, Large Eagle Reverse Half Eagles Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2583 1800 Breen 1-B. AU $6,500.00 About Uncirculated. Actually slightly finer with respect to wear and retaining quite a bit of mint frost. Very well struck for the issue with just a touch of friction and glossimess in the open fields. Here is a wonderful specimen of this early U. S. gold type. Categories  •  Coin Galleries April 2006 → United States Coins → U. S. Half Eagles ($5.00 Gold) → U. S. Liberty Head Half Eagles Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2584 1856 CH AU $300.00 Choice About Uncirculated with the eye appeal of a full Mint State coin. Well struck with good lustre. Some light abrasion and a small lamination on the reverse, but overall this coin has wonderful eye appeal. 2585 1861 CH EF $215.00 Choice Extremely Fine. This example of the first Civil War date displays red-gold surfaces with moderate wear, scattered contact tics in the fields. NGC XF45. 2586 1871'S' VF $425.00 Very Fine or thereabouts. The strike is a bit weak in the hair and in the corresponding area on the reverse. No major detractions, just honest wear. A difficult date with a mintage of only 25,000 pieces, many of which have become lost to the numismatic community by general attrition. Well worth a closer inspection. 2587 1879 AU $150.00 About Uncirculated. Both obverse and reverse display hints of mint lustre. Otherwise light friction is restricted to the highest points. 2588 1879 CH EF $175.00 Choice Extremely Fine. Lustre remains in the sheltered areas, deep yellow-gold fields reveal a few tics under close examination. 2589 1879 VF $140.00 Very Fine, with typical circulation marks and just moderate wear. 2590 1880 CH AU $150.00 Very Choice About Uncirculated. A problem-free coin that has pleasing orange-gold surfaces. There is just a touch of wear on both sides and attractive, mellow, lustrous fields. 2591 1880'S' AU $140.00 About Uncirculated. An evenly struck piece that retains most of the original Mint lustre. Though a bit bagmarked, it still puts up an attractive appearance. There is an almost invisible rim bruise at 9:00. 2592 1880'S' EF $430.00 Extremely Fine. Normal wear is apparent on the high points of the design, lustre can be seen around the reliefs. 2593 1880'S' EF $140.00 Extremely Fine. A second example offering bold devices, traces of lustre and very similar overall visual appeal. 2594 1881 CH AU $150.00 Choice About Uncirculated. A lustrous pale gold specimen that is quite close to Mint State. 2595 1881 CH AU $150.00 Choice About Uncirculated. This rich yellow gold example displays just light friction at the high points. 2596 1881 AU $145.00 About Uncirculated. A forceful strike creates splendid detail with a higher rim at the lower right. 2597 1881 AU $140.00 About Uncirculated. Well struck and lustrous, but with the usual small amount of handling and circulation marks. The color is a pleasing golden orange with a few copper highlights. 2598 1881 AU $140.00 About Uncirculated. A prior cleaning hardly detracts from this minimally worn specimen. 2599 1881 EF $140.00 Extremely Fine, and still lustrous. The strike is a bit weak and there are some hairlines from circulation. 2600 1881 EF $140.00 Extremely Fine. A no-problem example with just a bit of honest wear and an attractive appearance. 2601 1881 EF $140.00 Extremely Fine, with lots of small marks in the fields attesting to its experience in circulation. 2602 1882 Brilliant Uncirculated BU $151.00 - with the appearance of a higher grade. Unfortunately, there are some hairlines due to a past cleaning. Well struck with good lustre still remaining. 2603 1882 Brilliant Uncirculated BU $160.00 A frosty example that has nice color and a good strike. Devoid of any major marks that would harm this coin's eye appeal. 2604 1882 CH AU $160.00 Choice About Uncirculated. A handsome example showing minor evidence of circulation and with attractive, rich, coppery-gold toning at the rims. 2605 1882 CH AU $145.00 Choice About Uncirculated. Here is a coppery gold example that displays a good deal of frosty lustre. 2606 1882 AU $145.00 About Uncirculated. A lustrous example with some circulation marks, and an interesting shaved planchet defect at 12:00 on the reverse. 2607 1882 AU $145.00 About Uncirculated. Peripheral lustre provides this lightly circulated coin with its fascinating frosty halo. 2608 1882'S' EF $140.00 Extremely Fine. A lightly cleaned coin that shows evidence of prior use as jewelry. 2609 1883 CH AU $180.00 Choice About Uncirculated. Attractive greenish-gold toning over well struck surfaces. A few light copper spots that do not detract. 2610 1883 CH VF $143.00 Choice Very Fine with claims to higher grade. Normal wear joins harmonious yellow-gold for quiet appeal. 2611 1884 Brilliant Uncirculated BU $220.00 - or nearly so. Nice mint color over satiny surfaces. Well struck in lemon-gold. 2612 1885 Brilliant Uncirculated BU $200.00 Although free of actual circulation, this coin shows evidence of cleaning and polishing. Page 1 of 3  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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