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1802 $2.50 Capped Bust. 2 over 1 PCGS AU53

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD
1802 $2.50 Capped Bust. 2 over 1 PCGS AU53
A lovely, nicely lustrous example in greenish gold. A few very minor surface marks are present. Very sharply struck although slightly weak at the center of obverse and reverse. This is clearly the most available variety among three 1802 quarter eagle die marriages. The Harry Bass Foundation, which publishes online a guide of the early gold series, estimates about 150 survivors are known from this die pair. Originally, 3,035 quarter eagles dated 1802 were struck with fewer than 10% still in existence All have the same obverse with a 2 over 1 in the date.
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