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1805 $5 Bust NGC MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:21,000.00 USD Estimated At:42,000.00 - 47,000.00 USD
1805 $5 Bust NGC MS64
<Our item number 127325><B>1805 &#36;5 Capped Bust. BD-1, Breen-6445. NGC graded MS-64.</B> Light golden toning. Sharply struck. Velvety to satin-like fields almost stagger under the weight of its highly lustrous golden color. Better still, there are no immediate signs of handling or abrasions, nor do adjustment lines occur &#40;that bane of early gold coins made at the First Philadelphia Mint&#41;. As far as the strike goes, putting the results in a few words we can say it was struck with systematic exactness throughout. Together these produce a coin with impressive qualities whose aesthetic appeal would be hard to beat.<BR><BR>BD-1 has a leaf that touches I of AMERICA, with IT of UNITED close. From an early die state, there is no clashing, no lapping, no cracks on either side. This is the most affordable variety &#40;though by no means plentiful in Mint condition&#41;. Possibly 200 are known of the year, and the only 1805 obverse die with the 1 punch having the left foot intact &#40;also used for BD-2&#41;. The 1 punch likely broke producing this obverse die or one of the three other ones used in 1805. It is possible that some of the mintage reported for the year 1805 &#40;33,183 pieces&#41; includes coins dated 1804 or possibly earlier. <B>Pop 28; 3 finer; 1 in 64 Star; 2 in 65.</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 8088&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;42,000 - 47,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 127325<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127325.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127325N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127325N3.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127325N4.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>