1856-S Liberty Head Half Eagle. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.

Beautiful honey-rose surfaces with abundant luster in a soft frosty texture. Striking detail is razor sharp in virtually all areas, and the appearance is uncommonly smooth for the issue and the assigned grade. Due to distrust of paper money, gold coins were the workhorse medium of exchange in the Old West during the immediate pre-Civil War era, as well as during the following decades through the closing of the frontier in 1890. The entirety of the 105,100 mintage of 1856-S half eagles immediately entered circulation with little notice and stayed there. In all degrees of preservation, the issue is notably scarce: PCGS CoinFacts estimates that 225 examples exist in all grades. Of those, the typically offered grades are VF to EF. Here is an important opportunity to add a premium About Uncirculated survivor of a historic and underappreciated issue.

PCGS# 8270. NGC ID: 25UZ.

From the Fairmont Collection - Kronen Set.