Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

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