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Lovely 1912-S $5 Indian
1596
1911-S PCGS graded Genuine Unc Details. Cleaning.
Lovely golden toning. Still a nice looking coin with attractive
surfaces overall
(PCGS # 8522)
Estimated Value ...............................................$1,800 - 2,000
Ex. US Gold from a prominent midwestern family collection.
1597
1912. PCGS graded MS-62.
CAC Approved
.
Nice golden ton-
ing
(PCGS # 8523)
Estimated Value..................................................... $400 - 425
Ex. US Gold from a prominent midwestern family collection.
1598
1912-S. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ.
CAC Approved
.
Very frosty with outstanding surfaces for the
choice grade assigned and tough date and mint to find this nice. For some reason these early mint-
marked half eagles seem to have suffered a similar fate. Depsite a generous mintage, less than one
percent survived at all, and of the few thousand that did survive only a modest number qualify in
Mint State condition. Naturally the majorty of mint state coins are in lower grades, with the numbers
seen in Choice including this coin coming in at a low tally of 15 pieces. Finer pieces are downright
rare, numbering 20 in MS-64 with just a single coin in MS-65 at the top of the PCGS Population
Report. This particular San Francisco issue is known for its weakly struck mintmark and generally
inferior strikes, which combine to make this date so diffucult to find in choice grades or finer. If you
have been looking for a highly appealing and attractive 1912-S half eagle, then bid high in order
to capture this stellar representative of this date.
Pop 15; 21 finer, 20 in 64, 1 in 65 (PCGS #
8524)
Estimated Value .............................................................................................. $10,000 - 11,000
Ex. US Gold from a prominent midwestern family collection.