1857-D Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 41-HH. MS-61 (PCGS). Offered is an exceptionally well preserved example of an elusive pre-Civil War Southern gold issue. Vivid orange-apricot surfaces are highly lustrous with faint semi-reflectivity in the fields. Otherwise softly frosted in texture, the strike is impressively sharp for the issuing mint with only a touch of softness confined to the central high points.<p>The 1857-D is the seventh rarest of 24 half eagle issues from the Dahlonega Mint, a ranking it shares with the 1849-D. The mintage in 1857 was only 17,046 pieces and survivors number no more than 200 or so coins in all grades. About Uncirculated and Mint State examples are in the distinct minority, the latter comprising the Condition Census for the 1857-D. PCGS# 8273. NGC ID: 25V4. PCGS Population: 5; 7 finer (MS-63 finest). From the Augustana Collection.
