Stack's Bowers Galleries

Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction  –  22 - 28 August 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins & Currency

Part 1: Mo, 22.08.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 24.08.2022, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 25.08.2022, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 25.08.2022, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 25.08.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 26.08.2022, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 11:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1851-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
Lovely olive-gold color with intermingled honey-apricot that is a bit more pronounced on the reverse. Both sides are uncommonly well defined for the issue with most major design elements sharp, and few less than bold. Lustrous for the grade with modest semi-reflective qualities to an otherwise frosty mint finish. Despite a mintage of 49,176 coins struck, the 1851-C is a median rarity in this series alongside the 1855-C and 1859-C. About Uncirculated and Mint State examples are particularly elusive, especially with the quality and eye appeal offered here.
PCGS# 8247. NGC ID: 25U6.
PCGS Population: 8; 12 finer, just seven of which are Mint State (MS-64 finest). CAC Population: 3; 5.
From the Fairmont Collection - JBR Set.

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Price realized 5'500 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 4'000 USD
The auction is closed.
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