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1856-C $5 MS64
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1856-C $5  MS

MS64

1856-C $5

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$1,234
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CPG (2026)
$1,234
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1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF Details--Cleaning (PCGS).
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF Details--Cleaning (PCGS).
$3,050
Sold 9/11/2026
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF-45 (PCGS).
XF45 PCGS
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF-45 (PCGS).
$3,904
Sold 9/6/2026
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C $5 AU53 PCGS. Winter-1. The 1856-C issue of 28,457 half eagles has historically been viewed as a fairly common Charl...
AU53 PCGS
1856-C $5 AU53 PCGS. Winter-1. The 1856-C issue of 28,457 half eagles has historically been viewed as a fairly common Charl...
$5,124
Sold 6/15/2026
Heritage Auctions
1856-C $5 AU50 PCGS. CAC. Winter-1. ...
AU50 PCGS CAC
1856-C $5 AU50 PCGS. CAC. Winter-1. ... CAC approved
$7,625
Sold 5/1/2026
Heritage Auctions
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. VF-25 (PCGS).
VF25 PCGS
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. VF-25 (PCGS).
$3,240
Sold 9/4/2025
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. AU Details--Scratch (PCGS).
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. AU Details--Scratch (PCGS).
$2,640
Sold 4/2/2025
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C $5 AU50 PCGS. Winter-1....
AU50 PCGS
1856-C $5 AU50 PCGS. Winter-1....
$4,320
Sold 2/28/2025
Heritage Auctions
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC.
XF45 PCGS CAC
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC. CAC approved
$4,080
Sold 11/20/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C $5 AU55 NGC. Variety 1....
AU55 NGC
1856-C $5 AU55 NGC. Variety 1....
$4,320
Sold 8/17/2023
Heritage Auctions
1856-C $5 AU53 NGC. Variety 1. ...
AU53 NGC
1856-C $5 AU53 NGC. Variety 1. ...
$3,840
Sold 1/13/2023
Heritage Auctions
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. VF-35 (PCGS). CAC.
VF35 PCGS CAC
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. VF-35 (PCGS). CAC. CAC approved
$3,120
Sold 8/6/2020
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. VF-35 (PCGS).
VF35 PCGS
1856-C Liberty Head Half Eagle. VF-35 (PCGS).
$1,800
Sold 12/19/2018
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1856-C $5 XF40 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
XF40 PCGS
1856-C $5 XF40 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
$1,920
Sold 8/14/2018
Heritage Auctions
1856-C $5 VF30 NGC. Variety 24-J. This evenly circulated greenish-gold Charlotte Half Eagle has pleasant definition for the...
VF30 NGC
$2,070
Sold 11/5/2005
Heritage Auctions
1856-C $5
VF25 PCGS
$506
Sold 2/5/1994
Heritage Auctions
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