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1812 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8112
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 58,087
Proofs: 0
Designer: John Reich
Diameter: 25 millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Silver and Copper - 8.3%
Weight: 135 grains (8.748 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all dates of
this type were struck at Philadelphia)
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Images courtesy of Hanks
& Associates
Varieties:
Wide 5 D
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single
MS-66.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-66 (#6581222). Ex -
Norman Stack -
Offered by Hanks &
Associates, Inc. for $175,000 in the September 20, 1999 issue of Coin
World
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - RARCOA
"Kaufman Collection", August 1978, Lot 802 - Auctions by Bowers and
Merena, Inc. "Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part III", May 2000, Lot 312
- Bowers and
Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 780,
illustrated, "Breen-6466, B-1B...Wide 5D..., sold for $35,650.00
Gem Uncirculated (illustrated
above). The Rogers collection.
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 502, "Breen-6646", illustrated,
sold for $19,550.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4008,
"Miller-118, Low Rarity-2", illustrated, sold for $6,325.00
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001
Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8939,
"B-1b, Miller-118, Wide 5D", plated, sold for $5,750.00 Ex:
Bass II (Bowers and Merena, 10/99),lot 801, sold for $8,912.50; earlier
purchased by Bass from A-MArk Coin Co., March 16, 1978
NGC MS-61. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3692, sold for $7,187.50
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8938,
"B-1b, Miller-118", plated, sold for $3,105.00
EF-40, cleaned (illustrated
below). Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June
5-7, 2000, Lot 2183, sold for $1,437.50
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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