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1820 $5 Square 2 MS61 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:11,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1820 $5 Square 2 MS61 NGC
<B>1820 $5 Square 2 MS61 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6476, BD-2, High R.5 or possibly Low R.6. Square base 2, star 13 joins curl, large letters. When attributing varieties of early coins, specialists attempt to find easily visible diagnostic features, ideally unique to a given die pair, but otherwise shared by only a few. For example, John Dannreuther notes "Another feature of this variety is the weak 'rear talon of right foot usually seen hanging below top leaves pair ...' This distinctive feature can be used to immediately identify this variety. The last star touching the curl is also distinctive." His quote is from the Harry W. Bass, Jr. notebook. <BR> Dannreuther, Bass, Robert Miller, and Walter Breen all overlooked the single most unusual and distinctive feature of this reverse die. The top horizontal crossbar extends right through the shield border, and continues half way across the wing. The extension of the crossbar is every bit as heavy as the actual crossbar inside the shield. This feature can easily be seen without a glass.<BR> A sharp impression, with frosty lemon-yellow luster and few marks on either side, with a minor scratch inside stars 12 and 13.<BR><I>From The Casa Becca del Norté Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> John Reich<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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