Classic Head $2.5

(1834-1839)

By the 1830s, melting of U.S. gold coins in Europe had reached fever pitch. National Archives records document one 1831 episode in Paris, describing the destruction of 40,000 half eagles in a single melt. U.S. gold coins, which had never been in wide circulation since the Mint’s early years, virtually disappeared.

The problem of a coinage that didn’t circulate plagued the Mint since the turn of the century, and was rooted in the Coinage Act of 1792. Shortly after Congress established a bimetallic system with a fixed ratio of 15:1 for silver to gold, the wars in Europe pushed up the world price of gold right along with Napoleon’s fortunes. Spe.... (Expand Text)

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1838-C CLASSIC HEAD $2.5 AU58 PCGS

WELL STRUCK LUSTROUS SPECIMEN WITH JUST A WHISPER OF WEAR. ONLY SIX COINS GRADED MINT STATE BY PCGS.
$35,000.00

1839 CLASSIC HEAD $2.5 MS61 PCGS

CHOICE LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY THREE MS63 COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
$22,000.00

1839 CLASSIC HEAD $2.5 MS62 PCGS

CHOICE ORANGE PEEL LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY SCARCE IN MINT STATE CONDIITON. TIED FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$42,350.00

1839-C CLASSIC HEAD $2.5 AU58 NGC

WELL STRUCK WITH LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY SCRACE CHARLOTTE MINT GOLD SPECIMEN.
$15,400.00

1839-D CLASSIC HEAD $2.5 MS62 PCGS

WELL STRUCK WITH SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. JUST FIVE COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
$60,000.00