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Lot 1165 - 1808 $5 Capped Draped Bust PCGS MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:22,000.00 USD Estimated At:44,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD
Lot 1165 - 1808 $5 Capped Draped Bust PCGS MS64
1808 $5 Capped Draped Bust. Breen-4a. Both sides are saturated in copper-gold brilliance that accentuates the ample remaining luster whose smooth flow covers the surface around the main devices, and pours over those devices in a molten flood of color! Substantial detail to the highpoints on this fine 1808 half eagle, although an ineffectual imprint was left in a few areas by the recoil of the dies such as in the region around the shield where it overlays the wing.

Although Walter Breen described three different varieties for the 1808 half eagles with a normal date some believed that the third variety described by Breen as his variety 3-A is from the same obverse die as this example, identified as Breen 4-A, and thus is of the same variety. The description by Walter Breen was from an older auction catalogue with poor quality plates. The reverse of this variety has I in PLURIBUS centered beneath the space between TE in STATES. (#8102)