1806 $5 Pointed 6, 8X5 Stars MS(PCGS#8090)
1806 $5 Pointed 6, 8X5 Stars MS (PCGS#8090)
November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10171
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 43,756
- 详细说明
- Scarce 1806 Pointed-Top 6, Stars 8x5 Half Eagle 1806 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. BD-1. Rarity-4. Pointed-Top 6, Stars 8x5. AU-55 (PCGS). A vividly toned, aesthetically pleasing example of this scarce Guide Bookvariety of the 1806 half eagle. Mottled deep rose patina drifts over a base of even warmer antique gold, a blush of steel-blue evident at the base of the cap on the obverse. The surfaces exhibit a soft satin texture that is appreciably lustrous and overall smooth in appearance. The strike is a bit soft in the centers, largely due to a concentration of adjustment marks (as made) over the top of Liberty's portrait, but the detail is sharp to full toward the borders. A handsome piece that will appeal to advanced gold type collectors and early half eagle variety specialists alike. As a group, 1806 half eagles of the five Pointed-Top 6, Stars 8x5 die marriages are much scarcer than those of the relatively common Round-Top 6, Stars 7x6 variety (BD-6). BD-1, offered here, is the most frequently encountered variety in the former group, although with fewer than 200 coins extant, perhaps as few as 150 pieces, it is scarce in an absolute sense. PCGS# 8090. NGC ID: 25P7.