1807 $5 Capped Bust MS(PCGS#8101)
1807 $5 Capped Bust MS (PCGS#8101)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3138
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 194,036
- 详细说明
- Billowy mint frost mingles with vivid, bright golden-wheat color on both sides of this handsome and inviting near-Gem. The strike is well centered and all devices are sharply to fully defined. Overall smooth in hand, as befits the assigned grade, and sure to please the advanced gold enthusiast. BD Die State c/a.<p>The year 1807 was one of transition, with John Reich's Capped Bust Left design selected for its first use on the half eagles and half dollars. Reich produced some of the most beloved of all American coins but in 1817 he resigned and retired to Albany, New York. His secret mark, a notched 13th star on the obverse, was used on all dies he cut. An estimated 50,000 of Reich's new half eagles were struck, from only two die pairs. The BD-8 marriage, by far the more available of these two die marriages, is differentiated by the letter O in OF centered above the letter N in UNUM on the ribbon, along with the outermost leaf close to the letter U in UNITED. Popular with both early gold specialists and type collectors, attractive Mint State examples of this variety are long on desirability and short on supply. Expect lively bidding.