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Liberty Half Eagles
1890 $5 MS64 PCGS. 30th Anniversary Green Label Holder. With a production limited to 4,240 circulation strikes and 88 proofs, the Liberty half eagle had the lowest coinage of any denomination at the Philadelphia Mint in 1890. Gold production in Pennsylvania was extremely limited. Two gold denominations, the dollar and three dollar, were discontinued the previous year. In addition to the half eagle coinage, the Philadelphia Mint coined 8,813 quarter eagles, 58,043 eagles, and 75,995 double eagles, each of those figures combining proofs and circulation strike pieces.
PCGS and NGC have combined to certified just four examples finer than this Choice Mint State piece. NGC has never graded an MS64, although they have examined pieces grading MS65, 66, and 68. PCGS has certified examples that grade MS64 (the present piece), MS64+, and MS66 (10/16). This lovely orange-gold example is an exceptional representative. Both sides are virtually pristine with only a few scattered and trivial marks that are visible in the reflective fields.
1890 $5 MS64 PCGS. 30th Anniversary Green Label Holder. With a production limited to 4,240 circulation strikes and 88 proofs, the Liberty half eagle had the lowest coinage of any denomination at the Philadelphia Mint in 1890. Gold production in Pennsylvania was extremely limited. Two gold denominations, the dollar and three dollar, were discontinued the previous year. In addition to the half eagle coinage, the Philadelphia Mint coined 8,813 quarter eagles, 58,043 eagles, and 75,995 double eagles, each of those figures combining proofs and circulation strike pieces.
PCGS and NGC have combined to certified just four examples finer than this Choice Mint State piece. NGC has never graded an MS64, although they have examined pieces grading MS65, 66, and 68. PCGS has certified examples that grade MS64 (the present piece), MS64+, and MS66 (10/16). This lovely orange-gold example is an exceptional representative. Both sides are virtually pristine with only a few scattered and trivial marks that are visible in the reflective fields.