Picture of 1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58
Picture of 1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58 Picture of 1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58 Picture of 1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58 Picture of 1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58

1874-S LIBERTY $5 AU58

CHOICE SATIN SURFACES WITH ONLY THE SLIGHTEST WEAR EVIDENT. TIED WITH ONE OTHER COIN FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
Grading Service: PCGS
SKU: 143096
Cert Number: 45172534
$21,950.00

In 1874, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans. Strauss, a dry goods and cloth merchant in San Francisco received a letter from Jacob Davis, a tailor in Nevada who purchased his cloth from Strauss. Davis claimed he had invented a way to strengthen the resilience of work pants by putting metal rivets on the pockets and fly, but could not afford the cost of patenting the invention and asked Strauss to become his partner. Could this 1874 half eagle, minted in San Francisco, have been used by Strauss to secure the blue jeans patent?

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