1856-D $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle PCGS XF40

Rare Dahlonega issue in PCGS Old Green Holder!

This offering from AUCM is a rare date with its mintage of a slight 19,786. PCGS has graded 13 examples as XF40 with 103 finer. Collectors Universe prices XF40 at $3,500.00. Gold specialist Doug Winter writes, "The 1856-D is one of the rarest – and certainly the most underrated – Dahlonega half eagles.... it is many times rarer than dates such as the 1852-D through the 1854-D....The 1856-D half eagle is a scarce date. It is typically seen in Extremely Fine grades. Accurately graded About Uncirculated examples are rare and it becomes very rare in the higher AU grades.... The 1856-D is generally one of the better struck of the late date Dahlonega half eagles."

Students at North Georgia College practice a military drill in the front of the erstwhile Dahlonega Mint circa 1877/1878. The college used the building from 1873 until it burned down in 1878.