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1851-C $5 AU55 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,875.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1851-C $5 AU55 PCGS
<B>1851-C $5 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Variety 17-G, but see our discussion below. This is the rare Normal Obverse variety, without the hollow punchmark that is often called an "earring." The punchmark is actually a hollow center dot used for die engraving. Doug Winter notes that he has only seen four or five examples of the Normal Obverse variety.<BR> The obverse has a relatively large date, high in the exergue, with the first 1 solidly joined to the bust, and the second 1 all but touching the bust. A tiny projection extends left from the base of the first 1, a tiny remnant of repunching. The earlobe is normal. The reverse is called Reverse G by Winter, but this is incorrect. The mintmark is centered over the left side of the V, with its left edge over the space between IV and its right edge over the right serif of the V. For Reverse G, Winter requires that the right edge of the mintmark is over the center of E. <BR> Further examination shows that the reverse is actually Reverse F, from 1849. It is State II of the reverse, with a prominent die crack from the border to the left serif of U, and on to the lowest leaf and eagle's leg. Although the surfaces of this pleasing green-gold example have a few light hairlines, it is nicely detailed, and both sides are accented by warm orange toning. Some weakness at the center of the reverse is typical of nearly all Dahlonega half eagles.<BR><I>Ex: 1968 ANA (Abe Kosoff, 8/1968), lot 967; Harry W. Bass, Jr. (Bowers and Merena, 10/1999), lot 1023.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Christian Gobrecht<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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