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1813 $5 Capped Head

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD
1813 $5 Capped Head
<Our item number 107845><B>1813 &#36;5 Capped Head. Breen-1A. PCGS graded MS-63.</B> Well struck. Lightly toned and frosty. The surfaces are highly lustrous and each side has a light coating of greenish yellow to golden patina that swirls and alternates slightly between lighter and darker hues. A razor-sharp strike, as well as without the usual distracting clash marks, a most appealing coin for the issue. This is the first variety of 1813 half eagle, with a different reverse die than that displayed at Breen-1B. A quick attribution point is the position of the first S in STATES, in relation to the E directly below. On this variety, 1A, the serif is over the center of E. On the 1B reverse, the lower left serif of S is over the upright of E. <B>Pop 52; 55 finer.</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 8116&#41;</B>. <BR><BR>John Reich joined the Mint&#39;s engraving staff in April 1807 and remained until 1817. This new large capped bust design is a modification of his earlier fuller bust introduced on 1807 half eagles. Issues dated 1813 through 1815 are clearly the work of Reich, with his signature scalloped star at lower right &#40;Note the indentation on the side of the southeast ray of the 13th star.&#41; This same feature may be seen on all three obverse dies, dated 1813, 1814/3, and 1815. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;15,000-17,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 107845<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/107845.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/107845N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>