| 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. |