SOLD - $5.00 - 1870-S PCGS EF40 CAC
SOLD - $5.00 - 1870-S PCGS EF40 CAC
Date 1870-S
Grade PCGS EF40 CAC
PCGS Price Guide 3000
Population (PCGS) 12/37
Population (NGC) 13/54
CAC Population 3/7
Serial Number 8321.40/81880669
PCGS Lookup Number 8321
SCARCE, UNDERVALUED PCGS/CAC EF40 1870-S HALF EAGLE
Of the 17,000 half eagles dated 1870-S, fewer than 100 are known and most of these are in the EF40 to AU50 grade range. When an EF example is available, it tends to come bright and scuffy with no semblance of originality.
This is an absolutely textbook coin for the grade with deep, even color covering the obverse and the reverse. There is some minor weakness of strike on the eagle’s neck and a few small marks are present in the left obverse field.
The last CAC approved PCGS EF40 1870-S half eagle to sell at auction brought $3,173 as Heritage 4/13: 5812.
I can think of few better values at under $3,000 than this choice 1870-S half eagle.
CAC has approved 3 in this grade with 7 finer.
