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1889 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. Half Eagle production

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1889 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. Half Eagle production
<table><tr><td><table><tr><td>1889 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. Half Eagle production at the Philadelphia Mint fell to just 7,565 pieces in 1889, 45 of those being proofs, and neither the San Francisco nor Carson City Mints delivered any coins. Survivors are rarer than most of the other proof Liberty Half Eagles from the 1880s, as well as all of those from the 1890s. This well contrasted specimen shows a touch of haziness over both sides that minimizes the effect of wispy hairlines. A tiny area of planchet roughness below star 12 should easily pedigree this piece in the future. While NGC has certified eight coins similarly and three higher, this is the lone PCGS graded example graded PR64 Cameo, with none finer (03/04). <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. <BR><BR><B>IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RESERVES:</B> Heritage now divulges all reserves on its web site 7 days before every auction. If you want to know whether the reserve on this lot has been met, and if not, what the reserve amount is, please visit this lot page on the HeritageCoin.com web site, or email: bid@HeritageGalleries.com </span></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>