1820 $5 Square-Base 2 MS (PCGS#8125)
March 2020 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3078
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 374,745
- 详细说明
- Choice Mint State 1820 Half Eagle
Scarce BD-5 Die Pair
Square Base 2
1820 Capped Head Left Half Eagle. BD-3. Rarity-5. Square Base 2. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.
A rare prize, as is just about any date in this half eagle design type, especially in choice Mint State. Satiny yellow gold with robust cartwheel lustre, a bold strike, and with some pale olive highlights on both sides. An exceptionally lovely example of the design type and date, a pretty coin with no serious flaws or contact marks. Natural planchet flaw at the extreme outside of the obverse rim at 5:00 is worthy of note, and a faint, well-hidden scratch can be seen at the bottom center of the reverse shield, otherwise the surfaces are essentially flawless.
The Bass-Dannreuther reference (2006) notes that "Bass had a single example of this scarce variety" in his collection, though its beauty and overall quality rivals the present specimen. Perhaps 50 to 65 or so examples of BD-3 are currently known, but the present specimen is certainly among the finest known for the die pairing, especially if aesthetic and physical appeal has anything to do with it. When we first offered this jewel in our sale of November 2006 we noted that only three were graded finer by PCGS. Remarkably, the same statement hold true 14 years later, asserting the true rarity of this issue in high-grade. An exceptional coin with plenty of eye appeal that will certainly see spirited bidding activity.
Provenance: From the Harrington Collection. Earlier ex our (Stack's) November 2006 Auction, lot 1285.
PCGS Population: 10; 3 finer.
PCGS# 8125. NGC ID: 25PW.
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