http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/the-top-ten-rarest-liberty-head-half-eagles/ Rare Coins & Currency News for Numismatic Collectors - Updated Daily Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/the-top-ten-rarest-liberty-head-half-eagles/#comment-14316 US Mint Halts Some Gold & Platinum Eagles, Restoring Liberty on Coins | Coin Update Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:59:02 +0000 http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/the-top-ten-rarest-liberty-head-half-eagles/#comment-14316 [...] Everyone likes a top ten list. Here are the top ten rarest Liberty Head Half Eagles as posted on CoinLink. [...] […] Everyone likes a top ten list. Here are the top ten rarest Liberty Head Half Eagles as posted on CoinLink. […]

]]> http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/the-top-ten-rarest-liberty-head-half-eagles/#comment-14307 coindig.com » THE TOP TEN RAREST LIBERTY HEAD HALF EAGLES Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:10:20 +0000 http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/the-top-ten-rarest-liberty-head-half-eagles/#comment-14307 [...] As with the quarter eagle of this date, the 1854-S half eagle is a major rarity. But the 1854-S is considerably rarer and it is regarded as the rarest regular issue Liberty Head gold coin of any denomination as well as one of the rarest half eagles of any design. There were only 268 struck of which a grand total of three are currently known. One is impounded in the Smithsonian while the other two are in tightly-held collections. The finest known is owned by the Pogue Family in Dallas and it is ex: Eliasberg: 471 (where it brought $187,000) while the other is ex: Norweb, Wolfson and Col. Green. One of the bigger numismatic thrills I’ve had in the last few years was at a coin show where the owner of the Eliasberg 1854-S handed me the coin (still in its original clear Lucite display holder from the Eliasberg sale) and let me study it while he sat across from me at my table. (more…) [...] […] As with the quarter eagle of this date, the 1854-S half eagle is a major rarity. But the 1854-S is considerably rarer and it is regarded as the rarest regular issue Liberty Head gold coin of any denomination as well as one of the rarest half eagles of any design. There were only 268 struck of which a grand total of three are currently known. One is impounded in the Smithsonian while the other two are in tightly-held collections. The finest known is owned by the Pogue Family in Dallas and it is ex: Eliasberg: 471 (where it brought $187,000) while the other is ex: Norweb, Wolfson and Col. Green. One of the bigger numismatic thrills I’ve had in the last few years was at a coin show where the owner of the Eliasberg 1854-S handed me the coin (still in its original clear Lucite display holder from the Eliasberg sale) and let me study it while he sat across from me at my table. (more…) […]

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