This exceptional coin offers the finest technical quality and strongest eye appeal of any 1848 half eagle that we have handled in recent memory. Sharply struck in virtually all areas, both sides also display fully intact, satiny mint luster and handsome pale gold and rose toning. In Mint State the 1848 is very rare, underrated, and all but unobtainable above MS-63. At the upper reaches of the assigned grade level, this lovely piece deserves a strong bid commensurate with its standing as a Condition Census example of the issue.
