1847-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 19-I. MS-63 (NGC). The surfaces of this lovely piece are bright, satiny and a lovely golden-apricot color. The strike is sharp over all features save for the eagle’s neck, which is a tad soft with minimal delineation between the individual feathers. While none of the abrasions are singularly distracting, we do mention a concentration of tiny nicks in the reverse field close under the letters ATE in the word STATES. Few survivors of this issue have been awarded an MS-63 grade from PCGS or NGC and, with no coins graded higher, this select group comprises the top of the Condition Census for the issue.<p><p>The obverse of the 1847-D Winter 19-I attribution is a minor Repunched Date variety with traces of extra digits to the left of the bases of the primary 1 and 4.<p><p> PCGS# 8234. NGC ID: 25TP. NGC Census: 4; 0 finer. The corresponding PCGs Population is 2/0. From our (Bowers and Merenas) Baltimore Auction of June 2009, lot 3706; our (Bowers and Merenas) Baltimore Auction of March 2010, lot 3756; Heritages FUN Signature Auction of January 2013, lot 5878.
