1866-S $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle PCGS VF-20 No Motto CAC

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CAC. Among the overlooked gems of San Francisco Mint coinage, the 1866-S No Motto half eagle stands as one of the series' most compelling rarities. The window for its production was brief — just 9,000 coins struck before dies for the new Motto design arrived from Philadelphia — and history has erased nearly all of them. Heavy commercial circulation in the booming post-Civil War economy claimed most survivors, with untold numbers lost to exportation and the melting pot. Today, fewer than 100 examples are believed to exist across all grades.


That attrition makes the population almost painfully thin at the top. Of the handful that survive, only a single example has ever been graded Mint State — an MS61 by PCGS — leaving every other known specimen in circulated grades. For a coin that saw such intense real-world use, even a problem-free Fine or XF represents a meaningful find.

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