1859-D $5 Medium D MS(PCGS#8282)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

경매인

Stack's Bowers

로트 번호

5288

등급

AU58

가격

8,540

로트 설명

Vivid honey-olive and rose-gold colors greets the viewer from both sides of this flashy piece. Frosty luster is very much in evidence as the surfaces rotate under a light, this despite the presence of faint hairlines and some glossiness to the texture that point to an old, light cleaning. Sharply struck for the issue. Mintage figures of gold coins at the Dahlonega Mint steadily declined toward the end of the 1850s. By 1859, only 10,366 half eagles were struck, the second lowest figure for the denomination at the Georgia facility. The 1859-D half eagles entered general commerce where they saw the normal rigors of circulation. As with most Southern gold coins, the vast quantity of the roughly 200 known specimens are in VF or lower EF condition, with AU coins of even marginal quality quite scarce. At the Choice About Uncirculated level, the offered coin represents the finest realistically obtainable for most collectors and is worthy of serious consideration.