PCGS AU53
- PCGS #:
- 8155
- Designer:
- Robert Scot & John Reich
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 23.80 millimeters
- Weight:
- 8.75 grams
- Mintage:
- 157,487
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 91.7% Gold, 8.3% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $297,000 • MS • 10-01-1996 • Spink America
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 5 |
| 60 or Better | 1 |
| 65 or Better | |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-9.7 |
| 60 or Better | R-10.0 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 1 / 9 |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 9 |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 9 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 4 / 42 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 42 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 42 |
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 MS63 PCGS grade
Lorin G. Parmelee Collection - New York Coin & Stamp 6/1890:1013 - Byron Reed Collection - Western Heritage Museum - Spink America & Christie's 10/1996:120, $297,000 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 5/2016:4043, $822,500 |
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#2 AU50 estimated grade
William C. Atwater Collection - B. Max Mehl 6/1946:1650 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 10/1982:393, $44,000 - Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection - HBRC Foundation (HBCC #3160) |
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#3 XF40 estimated grade
David Proskey - William H. Woodin - Waldo C. Newcomer Collection - Col. E.H.R. Green - King Farouk of Egypt - Sotheby's "Palace Collection" 2/1954:247 |
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#3 EF estimated grade
Bought over the counter by Royal Coins of Houston in the late 1970’s (per John Dannreuther) OR discovered unattributed at the 1974 A.N.A. Convention and sold at the 1977 ANA convention for $26,000 (per David Akers) - Chuck Varner - Mike Brownlee - Robert Wynsen Collection - David Akers 5/1998:375, 159,500 |
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#5 AU, plugged estimated grade
Josiah K. Lilly Collection - National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Contrary to previous reports, this is the only 1832 $5 12 Stars held by the Smithsonian |
This is another of the major rarities in the Half Eagle series. Only six specimens are known, two of them permanently impounded in the Smithsonian Institution including the Lilly specimen which is a plugged VF formerly in the Jenks Collection. A third specimen, EF, is in the Eliasberg Collection and a fourth is in the Byron Reed Collection. The fifth specimen is the uncirculated Farouk Coin (Ex Col. Green). The sixth and final known specimen was at the 1977 ANA Convention in Atlanta in the possession of dealer Chuck Varner. The coin, a nice EF, reportedly traded hands at the convention for approximately $26,000.