1891-CC $5 Liberty Half Eagle PCGS MS62+

1891-CC Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 1-A. MS-62+ (PCGS)

A beautiful example of both the type and the issue, with satiny rose-gold surfaces that are originally and carefully preserved and fully worthy of the premium Mint State rating from PCGS. Sharply struck with eye appeal to spare. Due to financial setbacks, the demand for gold specie from European countries increased markedly in 1891, and the Carson City Mint stepped up gold coin production. The facility's output of half eagles reached its peak in 1891 at 208,000 pieces, and for the second year in a row coinage of this denomination at the Carson City Mint outstripped that at the Philadelphia Mint. Many of these coins were exported, as intended. Repatriations from European vaults in recent decades have provided a windfall of Mint State examples.

Plus (+) designation for above average quality and bold strike.