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1814 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8117
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 15,454
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert Scot & 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 the Philadelphia mint)
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Images courtesy of Hanks
& Associates
Select Uncirculated (illustrated
above). The Rogers collection.
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
MS-63. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 503,
"Breen-6468", illustrated, not sold
NGC AU-53. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8940, "B-1a, Miller-121",
plated, sold for $3,852.50 From the Dr. Robert W. Dingle
Collection
Notes:
All 1814 Half Eagles are overdates, with a "3" visible
beneath the "4".
The finest
examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-64's.
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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