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1839 $5 NGC AU55

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Item sold in auction: Monday - Internet Auction # 242.
Closed On: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:43 PM.
For: $1,323.

CDN™ CPG Value: $2,690.00 (What's CPG?)

1839 $5 NGC AU55

DLRC #: 242645 // PCGS #: 8191

Popular first-year of Liberty head design. In fact, the head-type is different from subsequent years adding to its desirability.

  • Category Gold Coinage
  • Series $5 Liberty Gold
  • Type Liberty head, no motto
  • Years for Type 1839-1866
  • Strike Business
  • Denomination Half eagle
  • Mint Location Philadelphia
  • Designer Christian Gobrecht
  • Composition 90% gold; 10% copper
  • Weight 8.359g
  • Edge Type Reeded
  • Mintage 118,143
Title Realized Sold
1839 $5 PCGS MS62 ex: Wiseman $11,000.00 11/05/2007
1839 $5 NGC AU53 $1,200.00 07/21/2004
1839 $5 NCS AU Details (Improperly Cleaned) $548.00 06/02/2008
1839 $5 NGC XF40 $450.00 03/13/2006