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Images courtesy of
David Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples of
this date:
1. Proof - Smithsonian
Institution. Unique!
2. Choice Uncirculated (illustrated above). Ex - Colonel E.H.R.
Green - Farouk, 1954, Lot 248 (a complete set of Classic
Head Half Eagles, including a Proof 1835 and a Proof 1836!), sold for $483.00 - David Akers Numismatics, Inc.'s sale of the John Jay Pittman
collection, Part One, October 21-23, 1997, Lot 940, "Very Choice
Uncirculated".
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-64. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7227, "Large Date, Large 5", illustrated,
sold for $14,950.00
NGC MS-63. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8947,
plated, sold for $11,500.00 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 346,
"Large Date", illustrated, sold for $1,840.00 Purchased from Lester Merkin, June 23,
1967
AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 125,
"Breen-6512, Large Date", sold for $2,645.00
NGC AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 126,
"Breen-6513", sold for $920.00 From the Bowers and Merena sale of the Bass
Collection, Part II, October 1999, Lot 862 Purchased from Lester
Merkin's sale of March 1967, Lot 457
AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 348,
"Small Date", illustrated, sold for $1,840.00 From RARCOA's ANA Sale, August 1970, Lot
1527
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7226,
not illustrated, sold for $862.50
About Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame
Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1104, "Small date", not
plated, sold for $253.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 347,
"Large Date", not illustrated, sold for $632.50 From Abe Kosoff's sale of September, 1967,
Lot 740
Choice Very Fine. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 1105,"Small date", not
plated, sold for $253.00
Notes:
Only a single Proof 1837 Half Eagle is known to exist and that coin is
essentially off the market, as it resides in the Smithsonian Institution's
collection. Uncirculated examples of this date are very rare, but
several nice examples exist.
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
No Proofs have been certified by PCGS.
Varieties:
Large Date, Small 5
Large Date, Large 5
Small date
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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