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***Auction Highlight*** 1834 Plain 4 Breen-6501 McCloskey 1A VLDS Classic Head Gold Half Eagle $5 Gr

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***Auction Highlight*** 1834 Plain 4 Breen-6501 McCloskey 1A VLDS Classic Head Gold Half Eagle $5 Gr
***Auction Highlight*** 1834 Plain 4 Breen-6501 McCloskey 1A VLDS Classic Head Gold Half Eagle $5 Graded BU+ By USCG. Up For Auction is the Incredibly scared McCloskey 1A Variety of the 1834 Plain 4 (First Head) $5 Gold Half Eagle. The Variety is also known as the Breen 6501. It is easily identifiable, when it is seldom encountered, by the telltale die breaks by stars 3-5. This is the Latest Die State Ever located of this Rare Variety. It is Listed as a R-3, but to date PCGS has only ever certified 2 Examples as the Mc Closkey 1-A. The Fields on this example are reflective, as is befitting, as the 1-A was also used to strike the legendary 1834 PROOF Half Eagle. As a Proof it is an R-7. I feel the listing of the McCloskey 1A as an R-3 is under rated in Rarity as it was obviously a short lived Die, having been used prior to strike the Proofs, as well as the few numbers certified to Date. The coin itself retains most of the original mint luster and being a very late Die State, the strike is much softer than usually seen, as the dies at this point had been thoroughly worn out. I am including 2 other pictures of earlier die states of the McCloskey 1-A, as well as the Original Proof Die state lacking any die cracks. Based on the extent of ours, you can only conclude it is a Very Late Die State and thus explains the weakness in the hair. An important example. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away Coin