Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

A fully struck example of a No Motto Half Eagle. Dull greenish/gold on both the obverse and reverse.

The 1856-O is tied with the 1892-O for lowest mintage honors among New Orleans Mint Half Eagles with just 10,000 coins produced each year, and is esti

The 1856-S has a relatively high mintage with 105,100 pieces produced. However, because of where it was produced, most of the mintage entered circulat

The 1857-O is a very scarce O-mint Half Eagle that is R.5 with only 60-65 pieces believed known today in all grades. Seldom seen above EF, only 13,000

Although the coin has been cleaned, this process, while noticeable to the unaided eye, was done judiciously enough that most collectors won't ob...

A mid-grade example of a rare S-mint issue that is prohibitively rare in higher grades and unknown in Mint State . Very few of the 18,000 pieces orig

With an original mintage of only 4,465 pieces, this Civil War issue is a prized commodity at all levels of preservation. The otherwise gold surfaces y

An exceptionally rare half eagle in the No Motto series. Only 2,442 business strikes were produced during this tumultuous Civil War year, and as one m

A better date No Motto Half Eagle that has a typical strike on the hair curls. The surfaces are lightly peppered with contact marks, but nothing worth

This is the very scarce No Motto Type of 1866 carrying the desirable San Francisco "S" mintmark. Low production numbers are standard for S...

Addition of IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll above the eagle came to the larger gold coins ($5 and above) in 1866. By 1868, when this piece was minted, the

Precious few 1869-S Half Eagles have survived from an original mintage of 31,000 pieces, and those that have are apt to grade no finer than VF. Flicke

Another low mintage date from San Francisco Mint, this time recording a mintage of only 25,000 pieces. Evenly worn with somewhat weaker devices on the

In a year when small gold production in Philadelphia was more focused on the Three Dollar piece, just 3,488 Half Eagles were minted for commercial pur

The S mintmark is fully outlined but quite faint, a diagnostic for this rare date. Not fully struck. The obverse is minutely granular in places. A mer

A predictably elusive Carson City Half Eagle, one of just 11,828 pieces struck, that saw heavy 19th century demand. This coin is original and evenly w

Only 1,432 business strikes were produced of this rare issue, the lowest production of any With Motto Half Eagle. Very few survive in any grade. This

A lustrous example whose golden brilliance whirls dizzily around the surface with only light intervening bagmarks. A sharp impression was left by the

Lustrous, choice and well struck with the usual light contact marks (these were shipped in wooden kegs from the Mint to the various distribution cente

This is a nearly blemish-free case in point of the slightly better 1904 P-mint in this grade: sleek reddish orange gold in color, with mint bloom that