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Categories • Stack's June 2005 → United States Coins → U. S. Half Eagles ($5.00 Gold) → U. S. Liberty Head Half Eagles |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
| 1959 |
1839'D' Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$10,500.00
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- nearly Choice. Pale greenish-gold toning over decent surfaces. Some light tics are found under magnification but none qualify as serious. A very rare date with only 18,939 pieces struck. Very few could match the overall appeal of the present example. |
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| 1960 |
1840 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$1,500.00
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- or finer. Here is an extraordinary example of a highly desirable early date of the then-new Christian Gobrecht Liberty design. This pleasing coin is boldly struck, wholly lustrous and free of serious marks. Struck well before the real launching of numismatics in the United States, this date is scarcely to be found today in the higher grades. While 66 pieces appeared at auction over the... more |
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| 1961 |
1845 Repunched '8'. Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$500.00
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- in strict terms of wear, but surfaces exhibit a distinct appearance which is often the result of long immersion in salt water. Here is a well struck survivor of this No Motto issue. |
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| 1962 |
1847
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CH AU |
$280.00
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Choice About Uncirculated. Greenish-gold toning over nicely struck surfaces. The lustre is attractive and the fields are nearly mark-free and above average for the grade. The top of the '7' shows some slight repunching. |
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| 1963 |
1847'C'
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EF |
$1,800.00
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Extremely Fine. Green-gold toning over surfaces that show some moderate field abrasion. The strike is adequate and the coin exhibits some underlying lustre. A scarce and popular date that was struck at this heavily collected southern mint. |
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| 1964 |
1850 Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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CH BU |
$1,500.00
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Splendid greenish-gold toning over well preserved surfaces. The strike is decent but for the date area and the eagle's neck, which are both a trifle weak. A very nice example of a No Motto Half Eagle that is sure to please most collectors. |
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| 1965 |
1850'C' Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$2,000.00
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The surfaces have the look of being subjected to a immersion in saltwater for an extended time. The toning is greenish-gold and the strike is strong including the mintmark, which is unusual. Here is a very pleasing example of this southern mint product. |
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| 1966 |
1856'D' Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$1,900.00
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Here is a coin toned in orange-gold with richer red tones in the fields that are aglow with gentle mint lustre. Sharply struck peripheries contrast boldly with very weakly struck forelocks on the obverse and weakly defined legs on the eagle. Remarkably mark-free, the fields however are a trifle grainy. A decent example of this very scarce coin with only 19,786 pieces struck. |
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| 1967 |
1863'S' Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$13,000.00
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Light toning over gently reflective surfaces. A decent strike adds to the allure of this very rare date of which only 17,000 pieces were produced and that is perceptibly rarer than this mintage would indicate. A few insignificant bagmarks can be found under magnification. This date comes up for sale only when a significant collection of Half Eagles comes under the auctioneer's gavel.... more |
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| 1968 |
1877 Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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CH BU |
$4,700.00
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- and fully prooflike, which magnifies the small bagmarks that this coin possesses. This example is quite lustrous and well struck. From a minuscule mintage of only 1,152 pieces including Proofs, one can see how difficult it must be to find coins of this quality in today's market. |
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| 1969 |
1881 Gem Brilliant Uncirculated
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GEM BU |
$2,600.00
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Bold mint frost joins orange-gold and rose toning on this superior grade Liberty Head Half Eagle. Although very commonly available in the lower Mint State grades, fresh, mark-free specimens like this are much more difficult to locate. NGC MS65. |
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| 1970 |
1883 Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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CH BU |
$390.00
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- or virtually so. Lustrous and toned in beautiful rose and gold hues. Scarce. |
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| 1971 |
1899 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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VERY CH BU |
$2,200.00
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Frosty cartwheel lustre covers both sides of this appealing virtual Gem, a coin of surprisingly delicate beauty. |
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| 1972 |
1900 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$300.00
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- and virtually fully Choice. Lovely glowing yellow-gold lustre provides vivacity to a superior strike on this final date of the 19th century. |
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| 1973 |
1905 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$650.00
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- virtually Choice. Frosty, blemish-free fields surround boldly struck devices that are a trifle glossy at the high points. ICG MS63. |
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