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1919

1838-D $5 MS62 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:28,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1838-D $5 MS62 PCGS
<B>1838-D $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> McCloskey 1-A, Variety 1-A, R.3. The 20,583 half eagles of this first-year issue, coined from a single die pair, are the only Classic Head half eagles minted at Dahlonega, and as such, they are popular with a broad cross-section of collectors. On the cover of the second edition of <I>Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint</B></I>, Douglas Winter placed an image of the Classic Head profile and a D mintmark underneath, a tribute to the design that appeared on the first coins issued from the Dahlonega Mint.<BR> This solidly impressed representative has shining canary-gold surfaces with glints of green and orange in the lightly clashed obverse fields. Scattered marks and a thin abrasion to the left of Liberty's lips deny a Select designation. Nonetheless, this is an attractive example, easily one of the finest known representatives of this in-demand issue. Struck from a heavily polished obverse die that has part of Liberty's forelock and the stems of the olive leaves missing. Population: 5 in 62, 1 finer (7/07).<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> William Kneass<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>\)
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