August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
1860 Liberty Head Half Eagle. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS).
The 1860 is the last in a short run of low mintage Philadelphia Mint half eagles that commenced with the 1858. Uncirculated survivors from a mintage of 19,763 pieces are few and far between, and any Mint State coin is of the utmost rarity. It is significant in this regard that the extensive Fairmont holdings have yielded only a single Uncirculated 1860 half eagle, the PCGS MS-61 specimen in our Spring 2022 Auction offering of the Hendricks Set. Indeed, the Fairmont-Hendricks specimen is one of only two Mint State examples of this issue that we have offered in recent decades, during which time numerous Uncirculated 1860-C and 1860-D half eagles appeared in our sales. Clearly this is a grossly underrated issue in Mint State preservation; our offering of this more affordable example represents an important bidding opportunity.
PCGS# 8284. NGC ID: 25VF.
From the Jerome S. Reznick Collection. Earlier from Paramount's Lepre-Coin Mail Bid Sale, March 1972, lot 2092. Collector tag with provenance notation included,.
Estimate: $2000
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Bidding
| Price realized | 2'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 2'000 USD |
