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1909-O $5 AU58 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:11,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1909-O $5 AU58 NGC
<B>1909-O $5 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Variety Two. Unlike Variety One, the mintmark is sharply punched and shows no signs of doubling. This is the scarcer of the two varieties. The 1909-O has the lowest mintage figure of any issue in the Indian Head five dollar series (34,200 pieces). <BR> David Akers, in his cataloging of the 1909-O half eagle in the May 1998 Dr. Thaine Price Collection, indicates that "... most of them were obviously put into circulation since the majority of known examples are in the VF to EF range; even AU specimens are very scarce, if not rare. In Mint State, the 1909-O is very rare and only a few such specimens exist ... ."<BR> This AU58 example displays considerable luster on its honey-gold surfaces. An attentive strike imparts better definition than ordinarily seen, especially on the typically soft bonnet feathers and the eagle's leg plumage. Another favorable attribute is that the coin is quite clean, whereas the vast majority have heavily abraded surfaces (Douglas Winter, 2006).<BR><I>From the January 1991 Stack's sale, lot 1425, flip included</B></I>.<BR><I>From The John Stimson, Sr. Collection, Part One.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Bela Lyon Pratt<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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