1840-C $5 MS61 NGC. Variety 1....

Description

1840-C Half Eagle, MS61
Rarely Seen in Mint State

1840-C $5 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. The 1840-C half eagle's mintage of 18,992 pieces was not unusually low for this mint, but the attrition rate was quite high, and only about 125 to 150 examples are believed extant in all grades. The typical example grades only XF or lower, and Mint State coins, such as the present piece, are extremely rare. Both sides show satiny straw-gold luster, with fewer abrasions than are expected for the grade. Striking definition is slightly soft on Liberty's central hair curls and the eagle's neck, as usual, and there is some faint mint-made planchet roughness in the right obverse field below the hair bun. The obverse shows what appears to be the tops of a misplaced 18 in the denticles below the primary 84, a diagnostic of this only known obverse die. The reverse is cracked from the rim to the I in AMERICA and the arrowheads, but the later cud has not yet appeared below the D in HALF D. An appealing coin, ideal for the advanced Charlotte gold specialist. Census: 3 in 61, 4 finer (3/15).(Registry values: P5)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25SD, PCGS# 8196, Greysheet# 8957)

Weight: 8.36 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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