1802/1 $5 BD-7, High Overdate MS(PCGS#519888)

The August 2012 Philadelphia ANA World's Fair of Money Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

11682

等级

AU58

价格

89,852

详细说明

1802/1 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. BD-7. Rarity-5. AU-58 (PCGS). In the 1966 monograph Early U.S. Half Eagles, Walter Breen states that reverse F of the 1802/1 Half Eagle comes mated with both obverse 1 and obverse 2. Numismatic scholars now believe that Breen was incorrect on this matter, and that reverse F only comes mated with obverse 2 for this issue. The author also believed that B. 2-F was a major rarity, and even Robert W. Miller, Sr. (1997) assigned it a Rarity-7 rating. According to the website for the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Research Foundation, however, B. 2-F is encountered relatively frequently in today's market, and they assign the variety a Rarity-5 rating. We concur with the latter assessment, and believe that more 1802/1 half eagles have been properly attributed in recent years due to increased collector interest in early five dollar die marriages. As an issue, the 1802/1 is similar in rarity to the 1800, and both deliveries are among the more regularly offered dates in the Capped Bust Right, Heraldic Eagle five dollar series. This is an uncommonly well-produced example with readily discernible denticulation in all border areas around both sides. Liberty's portrait and the stars on the obverse are equally sharp in definition, as is the reverse eagle over all design elements save for the left (facing) talon. Shimmering remaining mint luster and warm reddish-gold color are seen throughout, as is just the slightest wear on the design high points. There are no abrasions worthy of singular mention. A strong candidate for inclusion in a high grade type set of early U.S. gold. PCGS# 8083.