1860-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8287
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 21,200
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"S" (for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1398, illustrated, sold for
$9,775.00
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 480, illustrated, sold for $4,370.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of the Shuford
Collection, April 1968, Lot 2097
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot
1399, illustrated, sold for $4,140.00
ANACS Net EF-40, AU Details, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8982, not plated, unsold
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
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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