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***Auction Highlight*** 1839-p Gold Liberty Half Eagle $5 Graded xf+ By USCG (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:362.50 - 1,450.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1839-p Gold Liberty Half Eagle $5 Graded xf+ By USCG (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1839-p Gold Liberty Half Eagle $5 Graded xf+ By USCG. Up for Auction is an exceptionally rare 1839-p $5 Liberty Gold Half Eagle. This is the first year of the new type design by Christian Gobrecht. It is much more rare in all grades than any of the Philadelphia Mint coins of the previous type except the 1834 Crosslet 4. PCGS estimates that only 200 examples survive in all grades.. All 1839 Half Eagles have the same raised dot on the neck near the lowest hair curl and therefore only one die pair exists. The head of Liberty on this and the other issues of 1839 is distinctly different from the head on coins dated 1840 and later. The difference is sufficient that the 1839 should be considered a one year only type coin. Trends are xf40 $1,250, au50 $1,850 A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win Coin