Charlotte $5 Gold
Image Item ID Description Sales Price
103345 GOLD 1853 C $5 MS60 NGC $7500.00
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL SURFACES I HAVE EVER SEEN ON ANY BRANCH GOLD. AS ORIGINAL AS IT WAS THE DAY MINTED WITH GREEN-GOLD HUE! FROSTY SATIN - CRUSTY SURFACES FOR THE COLLECTOR SEEKING A BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED MINT STATE CHARLOTTE GOLD $5 HALF EAGLE! OLD NGC HOLDER TOO! MINTAGE: 65,571. WELL STRUCK AS USUAL WITH A LITTLE WEAKNESS ON THE CURLS AROUND LIBERTY'S FACE. MARKS WARRANT THE GRADE BUT THE EYE APPEAL IS INCREDIBLE. RARE IN ALL GRADES AND GENERALLY AVAILABLE ONLY IN VF OR EF CONDITION. A SMALL NUMBER OF AU'S EXIST AND ALSO SEVERAL UNCIRCULATED PIECES BUT UNCS ARE CERTAINLY EXTREMELY RARE. MORE RARE THAN THE 1849-C AND 1852-D AND IS COMPARABLE OVERALL TO THE 1850-C. WOW - DON'T HESITATE TO GET THIS ONE.
123238 GOLD 1855 C AU50*$5 PCGS $4150.00
MINTAGE 39,789 The 1855-C half eagle is a fairly easy issue to obtain in lower grades. It becomes scarce in About Uncirculated AU50. OBVERSE IS WELL DETAILED BUT REVERSE HAS TYPICAL WEAKNESS IN STRIKE. MOST SAW HEAVY COMMERCIAL USE AND SHOW CONCENTRATED NICKS AND ABRASIONS ON SURFACES. TOTAL KNOWN ONLY 175-225.