1859-D FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 8282, 98282
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,366
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"D" (for Dahlonega, GA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-64 (illustrated above).
Ex - B.Max Mehl's sale of the James Ten Eyck collection, 1922, Lot 225
- Abe Kosoff's sale of the Melish collection, 1956, Lot 2103 at $42.50
- John Jay Pittman - David Akers Numismatic, Inc.'s sale of the John
Jay Pittman collection, Part One, October 21-23, 1997, Lot 1022 at
$60,500, "Choice Uncirculated" - Duke's Creek Collection
(Hancock & Harwell as agents)
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Stack's sale of the Ed Milas collection, May 1995, Lot 516.
NGC MS-61. Ex - Ashland
City Collection (Heritage 01/2003: 4805, $11,500) - Heritage 01/2004: 9038,
$12,075.00, Variety 37-EE
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-55. Heritage 01/2004:
9037, $5,462.50, Medium D, Variety 37-EE
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 474, illustrated, sold for $3,680.00 From Stack's sale of February 1968,
Lot 348
Notes:
The finest "Medium D" example graded by PCGS is a
single MS-64.
The finest "Large D" example
graded by PCGS is a single AU-58.
Varieties:
Medium D
Large D
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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