1856-S $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle PCGS AU50 (CAC)*

Great affordable gold type coin for your collection! Low mintage of 105,100. PCGS has graded 23 in AU50 with 77 finer. In CAC, there are 2 in AU50 with 32 finer. Thinking about collecting $5 half eagles? Gold specialist Doug Winter writes, "Half eagles, as a rule, have become a much more collected denomination in the last few years. For many collectors, gold dollars and quarter eagles are too small, three Dollar gold pieces are too weird, and eagles/double eagles have gotten really expensive. That leaves half eagles as a sweet spot for a number of new (and existing) collectors."

The original San Francisco Mint, where this great collectible was produced.

Here's an interesting aside for collectors: Did you know that the Liberty head half eagles were the only coin to be struck at every single U.S. mint? So, if you would like to put together a type set of Liberty head $5 half eagles, then a great project would be to acquire one of each minted in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City, and Denver! Imagine putting together that unique set of seven coins from seven different mints. Wouldn't that be a great numismatic accomplishment? And the perfect affordable San Francisco example is within your reach, waiting for you to claim it as your own.