1895 $5 MS(PCGS#8390)

February 2026 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part II

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

24019

Grade

MS62

Price

2,640

Lot Description

Gorgeous rose-apricot surfaces are intensely lustrous with a frosty to semi-prooflike finish from the dies. Both sides are fully struck with outstanding quality and breathtaking eye appeal at the assigned grade level. Produced in generous numbers (1,345,855 circulation strikes) and obviously used extensively in export trade, the 1895 is one of the more readily obtainable Liberty Head half eagles from the 1890s. While repatriations in recent decades have swelled the Mint State population, the coin offered here obviously found its way into numismatic hands during an earlier era, when such examples were far more challenging to collect than they are today. A particularly desirable Mint State 1895 half eagle, as such, this is a coin that will enhance any collection.