1841-C $5 MS62 PCGS....

Description

The Clarke-Blaisdell-Milas (Winter Plate) 1841-C Half Eagle

1841-C $5 MS62 PCGS. This is the finest example certified by PCGS and is tied with one other for those honors. A single finer coin, from the Pittman Collection, has been graded MS64 by NGC. Despite a significant mintage of 21,467 coins, few have survived in full Mint State preservation. Doug Winter recorded just five or six such coins. The branch-mint gold specialist went on to describe this issue as "the most available early date Charlotte half eagle. It is often seen in Extremely Fine grades and it is not extremely hard to locate examples in the lower About Uncirculated grades. It becomes very scarce in the higher About Uncirculated grades and it is a very rare coin in Mint State." This example is not the typical 1841-C half Eagle. It is sharply struck with every star showing internal detail, full borders, and strong hair definition. The reverse is fully struck. The surfaces of this lovely coin are pleasing and essentially mark-free with only a scattering of minute abrasions. Both obverse and reverse have reflective satiny luster with lovely orange-gold coloration.
Ex: George Bauer; T. James Clarke; New Netherlands (47th Sale, 4/56), lot 1441; Willard C. Blaisdell; Stack's (3/90), lot 896; Ed Milas (Stack's, 5/95), lot 440; North Carolina Collection.(#8203) (Registry values: P4)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25SP, PCGS# 8203, GSID# 8961)

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper
Weight: 8.36 grams
AGW: 0.24188oz
Mintage: 21,467

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