1843-C $5

Description

1843-C AU 55 PCGS. Very well struck with fairly deep orange-gold color on the obverse and reverse. There is a good deal of prooflike flash in the protected areas. A long but well-hidden mark runs along much of the length of the nose.
There are approximately 95-105 examples known of this date with 15 to 17 of these grading AU and another 5 or 6 in Mint State. The finest is an NGC MS 64 owned by a Michigan collector that was earlier sold as lot 1456 in Stack's May 1995 Milas Collection and earlier as lot 1509 in Bowers and Merena's June 1991 sale. The second finest is a PCGS MS 63 owned by a California dealer that was first seen at the 1998 ANA Convention in Portland. Other choice examples include Norweb I (B&M, 10/87), lot 810, that would probably grade MS 62 by today's standards and the PCGS graded MS 61 in the Paul Dingler Collection, earlier owned by Stanley Elrod.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25T3, PCGS# 8214, Greysheet# 8970)

Weight: 8.36 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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