1806 $5 Pointed 6, 8X5 Stars MS (PCGS#8090)
The January 2013 Americana Sale
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 13310
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 211,580
- 详细说明
- 1806 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. BD-1. Rarity-4. Pointed-Top 6, Stars 8x5. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. Gorgeous mint luster throughout with a reasonably sharp strike too, notice the full definition on the obverse stars and Liberty's curls, as well as the eagle's wing feathers. Clean surfaces as expected for the Choice level, as there are no deep or detracting marks to mar the devices or fields. Classic mint color of orange-yellow gold throughout. <br />
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Scarce as a date and type as the Pointed 6 variety is much scarcer than the more commonly seen Knob 6 issue which has comparatively large numbers available in all grades. These early half eagles became the primary backbone of the banks gold reserves, if indeed they had much, and represented a very important denomination all through the 19th Century. Similarly the half dollar was also widely available and used as a reserve coin for banks, as bag quantities could be obtained. Hence mintages of the half dollar and half eagle, by and large, were higher than most other denominations of silver or gold coinage of this era.<br />
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The exact die emission sequence of these is convoluted as the existing die state evidence confirms the 1806 and 1805 dated coins were in some cases made before and after each other, with die remarriages common. Therefore, either some of these early die state 1806 half eagles were actually struck in 1805, or several 1805 die marriages were struck in 1806. This again shows that it was Mint policy to use the dies until they broke with edge chips or severe cracks, regardless of the current year. As to why some dies were overdated to what presumably was the current year remains a mystery, as multiple instances exist of coins being struck in years prior to or after their actual date on the die. Perhaps this was simply expedient, and the general policy was to have the correct or corrected date applied to the obverse dies. Furthermore this is noteworthy as these types of mixed up date issues continue
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