1856-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 39-FF. EF-40 (PCGS). Attractive rose-apricot surfaces are uncommonly lustrous for the assigned grade with considerable flash in the fields from a modestly semi-prooflike finish. Lightly defined in the centers, yet sharper toward the borders, freedom from singularly mentionable marks enhances this coin’s appeal.<p>The Winter 39-FF attribution comprises the majority of 1856-D half eagles in numismatic hands, and it represents the only use of both the obverse and reverse dies. The mintmark is placed further left than on the other known variety of this issue, 40-GG, with the left edge of its upright centered over the letter V in FIVE.<p> PCGS# 8268. NGC ID: 25UX. From Heritages Long Beach Signature Auction of September 2012, lot 4929.
