1881/1880 Liberty Head Half Eagle FS-301

[drew|werd]

I picked this up last week and I've been trying to figure out how rare this variety is. Any idea what the current market is for this coin? I've seen a few past auctions on HA but most of them are in MS condition.

 

 

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[123cents]

Nice repunched date half eagle!

[CaptHenway]

Pretty scarce. I only cherrypicked two in 40 years of looking.

[MarkFeld]

The NGC Census shows 106 for all grades combined, only 2 of which grade lower than AU.

[PerryHall]

Nice repunched date Morgan!

 

It's not a Morgan. It's a Liberty $5 gold coin.

[123cents]

Nice repunched date Morgan!

 

It's not a Morgan. It's a Liberty $5 gold coin.

 

 

Your right. That's what I get for looking at some of my Morgans and commenting at the same time.

[drew|werd]

The NGC Census shows 106 for all grades combined, only 2 of which grade lower than AU.

 

Yeah, I saw that. That makes the population less than 1% of the total NGC graded 1881's. Does that classify it as "rare" or are there a ton of them out there that just aren't attributed?

[FishyOne]

The NGC Census shows 106 for all grades combined, only 2 of which grade lower than AU.

 

Yeah, I saw that. That makes the population less than 1% of the total NGC graded 1881's. Does that classify it as "rare" or are there a ton of them out there that just aren't attributed?

 

Don't know but these bring a nice premium at auction. Recent results suggest that's an $800 coin if there are no problems.

[PerryHall]

Several years ago I bought one as a regular raw 1881 that ANACS slabbed as AU58 in the small white slab. The overdate isn't obvious and most people need magnification to see it.