2003 May St. Louis, MO (CSNS) Signature Sale - Session 3

1834 $5 Plain 4--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. First Head, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. The obverse has a faint patch of hairlines above the date and i

1835 $5 MS61 PCGS. McCloskey 1-A, R.3. Breen-6504. First Head. Classic Half Eagles are highly collectible in AU condition and quite a challenge at tha

1838 $5--Cleaned--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF20, Large Arrows, Small 5, McCloskey 1-A, R.2, nicely detailed but with dull fields, hints of luster persis

1840 $5 Narrow Mill MS62 PCGS. This second-year Liberty Half Eagle from the Philadelphia Mint is most often seen in Narrow Mill format and at the VF o

1840 $5 Narrow Mill MS63 PCGS. A generally bold strike with rich lemon-gold color along with a pleasing mixture of cartwheel and semi-reflective luste

1842-D $5 Small Date AU58 PCGS. Winter 6-E, the only known dies. This variety (37,917 pieces produced) is more readily obtainable than its similarly d

1844-O $5 AU58 NGC. The 1844-O is the most obtainable O-mint Half Eagle in the No Motto series and is often used as a type coin. This is a splendid pi

1846 $5 Small Date AU58 NGC. A sharply struck and somewhat prooflike Half Eagle with an attractive reverse. The obverse has a couple of contact marks

1847/7 $5 AU53 NGC. The peak of the 7 in the date is recut. A boldly struck Half Eagle with extensive bright luster and refreshingly unabraded surface

1853 $5 AU50 PCGS. Well made and still fully detailed, with just the barest trace of rub on the central high points. Quite a few superficial tick mark

1854 $5--Sea Salvaged--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. A well struck Half Eagle that has the unnatural appearance of a matte proof due to the faintly et

1854 $5 MS61 NGC. Even though 160,675 pieces were struck of the 1854, it is considerably scarcer than other P-mint Half Eagles from this decade and it

1855 $5 MS62 PCGS. Well detailed with pleasing rose colored accents. A few short pinscratches are concentrated about the date. Much rarer in Mint Stat

1855-C $5 AU55 NGC. Winter 23-J, the only known dies. In high grades (AU-Mint State), the 1855-C is similar in rarity to the 1854-C. The former issue

1855-C $5 MS61 NGC. Winter 23-J. While the 1855-C is one of the easier Charlotte Half Eagles to obtain in lower grades with some 140-150 pieces known,

1856-C $5 XF45 NGC. Winter 24-J, the only known dies. This is an uncommonly high grade survivor of this underrated C-mint rarity. The 1856-C (28,457 p

1859-S $5 Fine 12 ANACS. A typically struck piece that has a few unimportant contact marks in the fields. Just 13,220 pieces were struck, and survivor

1860 $5 AU55 NGC. Somewhat subdued, but with a fair degree of remaining mint luster, the well struck surfaces are rather scratchy, apparently from the

1862-S $5 Good 6 PCGS. The date and all obverse stars are bold, while the bottoms of UNITED and FIVE D have begun to blur into the rim. The reverse ap

1862-S $5 VF25 NGC. The rarity of this S-mint Liberty Half Eagle permeates the grading scale. Although the Philadelphia Mint shipped two 1862-dated Ha