Whitman Expo
On September 1, Stack's Bowers conducted a Rarities Night session in California as part of this firm's post-ANA World's Fair of Money® auction extravaganza.
Auction lot photos of this item graded AU55
Coin Value History
1839/8-C $2 1/2 Recut Date AU55
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1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU55 NGC....
AU55
NGC
$8,100
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU55 NGC....
AU55
NGC
$9,000
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU55 PCGS....
AU55
PCGS
$8,700
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU55 NGC. ...
AU55
NGC
$9,300
1839/8-C $2 1/2
AU55
PCGS
$8,912
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU53 NGC....
AU53
NGC
$7,200
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU58 NGC....
AU58
NGC
$10,500
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, Winter-2, High R.3, AU58 NGC....
AU58
NGC
$10,200
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU58 NGC....
AU58
NGC
$10,800
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU58 NGC....
AU58
NGC
$11,400
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, XF45 NGC....
XF45
NGC
$6,300
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, XF40 PCGS....
XF40
PCGS
$6,600
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, MS62 PCGS....
MS62
PCGS
$48,000
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU58 NGC. ...
AU58
NGC
$9,300
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, XF45 PCGS. CAC. An attractive Choice XF coin with original olive-gold surfaces and hints of l...
XF45
PCGS
$7,500
1839-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-2. Rarity-3+. Repunched Date. AU-50 (PCGS).
AU50
PCGS
$7,800
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, MS61 NGC. ...
MS61
NGC
$22,800
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3 -- Obverse Rim Filed -- NCS. AU Details. The 3 in the date is repunched on this variety, and t...
AU50
$5,040
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.3, XF40 NGC. The mintmark sits above the space between 8 and 3, while a pie-shaped area below STA of S...
XF40
NGC
$4,920
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, MS60 NGC. ...
MS60
NGC
$19,200
1839-C $2 1/2 HM-1, High R.3, AU50 NGC. ...
AU50
NGC
$5,880
XF45
PCGS
$3,335
AU50
$2,300
1839/8-C $2 1/2
XF45
PCGS
$5,175
1839/8-C $2 1/2
AU50
PCGS
$6,612
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