1839-C $5 AU53 PCGS. Winter-1. The 1839-C half eagle is prized for its status a transitional issue in several respect...

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1839-C Half Eagle, AU53
Obverse Mintmark
One-Year Design Type

1839-C $5 AU53 PCGS. Winter-1. The 1839-C half eagle is prized for its status a transitional issue in several respects. It serves as a one-year half eagle design type, featuring Christian Gobrecht's intended Liberty Head design change with its delicately curved bust truncation and obverse mintmark replacing the Classic Head William Kneass design. Gobrecht's work would itself be refined in 1840 to establish the long-running Liberty Head motif that served many gold denominations for decades. A small 17,205-piece 1839-C mintage was struck from a single die pair. As few as 150 to 200 pieces survive today in all grades combined. This nearly Choice About Uncirculated example is a sharply struck orange-gold coin with only nominal circulation wear and a peppering of tiny marks. Plentiful mint luster remains throughout both sides. PCGS Population: 11 in 53, 23 finer (4/26).(Registry values: P5)
From The North Star Collection of $5 Gold.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25S8, PCGS# 8192, Greysheet# 8955)

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper
Weight: 8.36 grams
AGW: 0.27oz
Mintage: 17,205

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