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1804 Pattern $5. J-31a PCGS MS63 BN

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1804 Pattern $5. J-31a PCGS MS63 BN
<b>1804 Pattern Half Eagle. Copper, reeded edge. Judd-31a. Pollock-6085. PCGS graded MS63 BR.</b> The unusual restrike from regular dies from an unused discarded die of regular issue. The reverse appears to be one of the 1804 reverses strengthened to near unrecognizability. It is believed this and the 1804 restrike cents &#40;see Judd-28&#41; were made about the same time. To say the least this is a rare and unusual coin!

STORIED 1804 RESTRIKE &#36;5 IN COPPER, JUDD-31.

According to the authorities who produce the uspatterns.com website, the restrikes of 1804 are a private striking, possibly by Joseph J. Mickley or Montroville Dickeson, from dies sold by the mint as scrap in the early 1860s. The silver example &#40;Judd-30&#41; first appeared in Woodward&#39;s Colburn sale according to Taxay.

&#34;The obverse is believed to be an altered 1807 die, redated to 1804. It shows several cracks, one of which bisects the obverse from 11:30 to 5:30. The reverse has not been identified. Both dies are heavily rusted.

Examples are known as follows:

Silver with reeded edge J29/P6075. The listing in Pollock is a typo. The Judd coin was the example described as having some reeding on the edge.

Silver with plain edge J30/P6080. It may be unique with the former Bass Foundation example listed by Pollock. This is also probably lot 1494 of Kagin&#39;s 11/64 sale.

Copper with reeded edge J31/P6085 with at least the Kagin 1/75 sale piece existing per Pollock.

Copper with plain edge J31A/P6090 with the Byron Reed and Chapman&#39;s Metzger sale coins listed.

The Chapman&#39;s 7/1901 and Low&#39;s 272 sale lot 298 are additional listings without edge being specified.

Tin with plain edge J32/P6095 with at least 2 known <b>&#40;PCGS # 11081&#41;</b>

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