1840-C $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle PCGS AU53 (CAC) Ex. Fairmont Collection

Formerly sold in the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set by Stacks Bowers for $10,800 on April 2022, Lot #5015, and described as:

1840-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-2. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.

Attractive honey-gold surfaces display tinges of pale silver-gray. Lustrous for the grade with a typical quality of strike for the issue that is soft at the central high points, yet sharp to full elsewhere. The 1840-C is a rare and very underrated half eagle that is seldom seen in grades above EF. It is decidedly more rare in all grades than the 1839-C and the 1841-C to which it is typically compared. With a reported mintage of just 18,992 pieces struck, it is also more rare than any of the D-Mint half eagle issues from 1839 to 1841. Doug Winter (2008) accounts for just four or five distinct and truly Mint State survivors, which places extreme collector pressure on attractive About Uncirculated coins. The latter are in short supply, especially with CAC approval, and advanced gold enthusiasts would do well to take full advantage of this important offering.

Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set.

PCGS Population: 13; 29 finer, nine of which are Mint State (MS-64+ finest). CAC Population: 2; 7.