Lot 665
1863 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. The Philadelphia Mint drastically reduced the number of half eagle mint in 1862 from more than 688,000 business strikes in 1861 to 4,430 in 1862. Incredibly, in 1863 they fell even further, to a mere 2,442 circulation strikes. The surviving population is estimated at 30 to 40 examples. (PCGS Pop. 3 in EF-45, only 13 graded higher, the highest grade being five AU-58 examples. Total of 22 in all grades, 9/24/11).Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $6,750