Tag Archive for: $5 Liberty/No Motto

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Coin 381 – 1852 $5 Liberty/No Motto PCGS MS-66+

Coin Number 381 Here is one of the finest half eagles of the type! The surfaces are awash in mint luster and frost. This is the finest graded of the date by two grade points according to PCGS, and it is truly an outlier in terms of amazing…
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Coin 382 – 1865 $5 Liberty/No Motto NGC Proof 67 Cameo

Coin Number 382 Here is a phenomenal superb gem Cameo Proof that is undoubtedly the finest of a scant 25 pieces struck in Proof in the year the Civil War came to an end. Deep frost is noted on the devices and the mirror fields are black in their…
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Coin 379 – 1839 $5 Liberty/No Motto PCGS MS-64

Coin Number 379 Tied with a couple of others at PCGS as the finest seen for this scarce circulation strike gold coin. Furthermore, this coin came from the famous James A. Stack Collection, then later the Pogue Collection and stands tall as…
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Coin 380 – 1839 $5 Liberty/No Motto NGC MS-64

Coin Number 380 This is the first year of the Coronet or Liberty type half eagle. Tied with about ten 1839 half eagles at this top grade for the year. This is the new design by Mint Engraver Christian Gobrecht. The obverse has the bust of Liberty…