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Item: 1827 Half Dollar Square 2, AU-55

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Category: Coins > Half Dollars > Capped Bust

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PCGS: 006144

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Price: $500

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7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #238 - Seven Uncirculated Morgan dollars and four Uncirculated Peace dollars, all PCGS (rattler)
Hammer: $1,400
Collector Lots-Silver Dollars
The PCGS “rattler” style holders have carved out a rather significant niche within the United States numismatic marketplace over the past couple of decades and this eleven piece lot is sure to soon please one of those collectors! Every example is either a Morgan or Peace silver dollar with the seven Morgan issues including an 1881-S MS-61, an 1881-S MS-65, an 1883 MS-63, an 1884-CC MS-63, an 1898-O MS-64, a 1901-O MS-64, and a 1902-O MS-62. The four remaining Peace dollar issues includes a 1922-D MS-60 and 3x 1923 MS-64. White and bright describes all but one example within this large lot, the 1883 is the lone toned example that offers a very attractive layering of gun metal and purple hues (ck).

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11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #428 - 1857 PCGS MS-64+ TOP POP
Hammer: $20,500
Gold $5-Liberty Head Half Eagle
2 graded MS-64+, zero higher at PCGS, thus placing claims as the "finest known" 1857 five-dollar gold piece. NGC has never graded one above MS-63+, affirming the extreme rarity of choice and better examples. That so few survive seems surprising given a not-so-high but reasonable mintage of 98-thousand coins.

Tilting the coin back and forth beneath good lighting reveals exactly the kind of gleaming, satin-textured flowline effect one expects as the mint had ample experience striking superior half-eagles by 1857. One copper spot clings to the first start and a tiny carbon dot randomly flings into the obverse right field. A loupe also detects a one tiny hairline at the upper chin, with this trio of characteristics perhaps conspiring to limit full gem potential. The reverse seems particularly free from any mentionable defects while the entire presentation takes full advantage of an exceptional strike.