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1808 $5 Bust NGC MS61 Breen 4-A

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1808 $5 Bust NGC MS61 Breen 4-A
<b>1808 &#36;5 Capped Draped Bust. Breen 4-A. NGC graded MS61.</b> An very smooth and lustrous early half eagle that you can use as a benchmark for other examples of the 1808 issue that share this towering level of detail. While the strike is forthright and crisp, it is more than just reasonably full, yet without doubt few of the head and shoulder details are left to the imagination. Luster is complete, though muted on both sides, while the rims are choice, being free from bumps and marks. To insure that your bid is rewarded, plant yourself in front of the auctioneer, and glare up into his face if he scans the room without seeing your bid. This is one of those early half eagles that fit nicely into even the choicest collections.

Although Walter Breen described three different varieties for the 1808 half eagles with a normal date, just two are believed to exist. The third variety described by Breen as his variety 3-A is from the same obverse die as this example, identified as Breen 4-A, and thus is of the same variety. The description by Walter Breen was from an older auction catalogue with poor quality plates. The reverse of this variety has I in PLURIBUS centered beneath the space between TE in STATES <b>&#40;PCGS # 8102&#41;</b> <i>
The Springdale Collection of Early U.S. Gold Coins.</i>

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