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$5 Gold
1806 $5 C
APPED
B
UST
. R
OUND
6
1801
1806. Round 6 BD-6 Rarity 2
.
NGC graded MS-64
.
Frosty and untoned.
Pop 17; 1 finer in 65
.
Estimated Value .................................... $38,000 - 40,000
$5 Capped Dr aped Bus t
1802
1809, 9 over 8 NGC graded AU Details
. Improperly
cleaned. Nice details. This overdate issue is the scarcest date of
this type, although there are several varieties of other years
that are more difficult to obtain, such as the two Small 5 variet-
ies of 1810, and the scarce varieties of 1807 (BD-1) and 1808
(BD-1). According to Dannreuther, “one interesting feature that
has received scant attention is the large 9 punch employed on
this die. It is much larger than the other digits, possibly from
the punch set that was used for the Large Date varieties in
1810. The partial numeral under the 9 does not seem to match
the curve of an 8 or this 9. As with many other early gold
issues, we sometimes have to draw the best conclusion that we
can from the existing examples. This work has kept the tradi-
tional moniker for this date of 1809/8.”. (
PCGS # 8104
)
Estimated Value ..............................................$2,000 - 2,500
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C
HOICE
1834 C
LASSIC
H
EAD
$5 G
OLD
1803
1834. Plain 4
.
PCGS graded MS-63
. Nice semi prooflike
surfaces. An elevated degree of blistering luster springs to
life beneath rich gold highlights surrounded by the afore-
mentioned reflective quality in the fields. Somewhat yield-
ing at the obverse where Liberty’s lovelock curl is modestly
flat, though much more detail can be found on the other
hair detail than on the typical example of the date. A
respectable Choice MS63 that will be a centerpiece in
someone’s early gold Type Set.
Coinages of the new 1834 No Motto design far exceeded
even the Mint's most optimistic expectations. The coins
went at once into circulation and stayed there, few being
saved as souvenirs. As a result, Uncirculated survivors are
very rare, though Fine to Extremely Fine specimens are
plentiful. They are mementos of a period of rapid change,
growth, and experimentation at the Philadelphia Mint,
immediately succeeded by decades of what Breen in his
Encyclopedia describes as “stereotypy” (meaning the suc-
ceeding Coronet Design).
Pop 40; 43 finer, 38 in 64, 2
in 64+, 2 in 65, 1 in 66.
(
PCGS # 8171
)
Estimated Value ........................................ $8,000 - 9,000
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