Landmark 1822 Half Eagle to be Offered in Stack’s Bowers March 2021 Auction
finest known 1822 half eagle, the
D. Brent Pogue Collection coin. It is a legendary American treasure, the only example in private hands of what is acknowledged as the key to a collection of American gold coins. This exceptional coin will be featured in the firm’s March 23-26, 2021 auction in
Las Vegas,
There are only three known specimens of the 1822 half eagle. Certified as AU-50 by
PCGS, the Pogue coin is the finest of the three. As for opportunities to purchase an example of this date, they are just as rare. There have been only two occasions in American numismatic history in which an 1822 half eagle has sold at auction: in 1906 at the