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1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 with Stems AU50+

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:725.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 USD and UP
1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 with Stems AU50+
1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 with Stems AU50+. Sharpness very close to mint state but there is a faint hairline scratch across the upper part of the neck from under the earlobe into the field above the bust where it fades out. Otherwise the surfaces are choice with only a few trivial contact marks of no significance and only a hint of rub on the highpoints. A shallow planchet void from the top of the E in UNITED to the dentils above the right side of the adjacent T (as struck) is a good identifying mark. Lustrous medium brown with chocolate toning on the highpoints and frosty tan faded down from mint color in the protected areas. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before the die crack from the 5 to the bust tip and beyond. The obverse is perfectly centered on the planchet but the reverse is slightly misaligned to K-1. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees CW. Listed as tied for CC#6 in the Mike Spurlock census, CC#3 in the Jim McGuigan list. Breen lists this piece as #2 in his half cent encyclopedia and it finished in second place in the 2005 Half Cent Happening event held at the EAC Convention that year. Obviously this is one of the better examples of the Large 5 variety. Noyes photo #74114. Weight 84.3 grains.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.

Provenance: Ex Delaware Valley Coin & Stamp-Del Bland 5/1979-Bill Weber, Superior Wyatt Sale 9/30/1985:149-Jules Reiver 2/22/1999 (in trade).