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1844-O $5 MS63 ICG.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 2.00 USD
1844-O $5 MS63 ICG.
<B>1844-O $5 MS63 ICG.</B></I> This luminous sun-gold No Motto O-mint half eagle is crisply struck, with only a hint of softness on the curls and fletchings. Unabraded except for a pair of tiny ticks at 10 o'clock on the reverse. In its November 1973 auction appearance, the present piece was offered as a proof, and stated as the Parmelee specimen. The Parmelee:1152 1844-O proof half eagle is a different coin, photographed on the cover of Douglas Winter's <I>New Orleans Mint Gold Coins: 1839-1909</B></I> (1992).<BR><I>Ex: MANA Auction (Kagin's, 11/73), lot 1642.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Importan