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1851-C $5 XF45 PCGS Variety 17-F.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,600.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1851-C $5 XF45 PCGS Variety 17-F.
<B>1851-C $5 XF45 PCGS.</B></I> This is the extremely rare die marriage listed as Variety 17-G in the Winter standard reference. The "G" designation is inaccurate, since the reverse differs from the usual 16-G variety. The mintmark is much lower in the field and rests above the V instead of the E. It is the F reverse from 1849, with a radial die crack near the U in UNITED. The obverse die shows the second 1 in the date slightly higher, virtually touching the bust. There is <B>no</B></I> punchmark on the lobe of Liberty's ear, unlike 16-G. The base of the first 1 in the date is repunched northwest. A search of Heritage Permanent Auction Archives, which images dozens of '51-C fives, failed to locate another example from these dies.<BR>The present piece retains its "original skin." Golden-tan patination bathes the borders. The borders are sharply struck, while Liberty's curls and the fletchings show some incompleteness of strike. An important opportunity for the specialist.<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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