1795 $5 BD-9, Small Eagle MS(PCGS#519858)
1795 $5 BD-9, Small Eagle MS (PCGS#519858)
The November 2012 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3257
- 等级
- XF40
- 价格
- 190,493
- 详细说明
- Scarce 1795 Small Eagle Five of the BD-9 Die Pairing 1795 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Small Eagle. BD-9. Rarity-5+. EF-40 (PCGS). The peripheries on both sides exhibit attractive coppery toning, while the centers are a more reserved yellow gold shade. Well centered on a clean planchet, with no signs of adjustment marks or significant handling marks for an early half eagle that saw appreciable commercial use. Later reverse die state with a thin arcing crack below the left wing of eagle and another die crack through the letters ICA in AMERICA crossing the branch and below. Perhaps 35 to 45 coins from these dies survive today, a limited number, to be sure, and one which confirms the scarcity of the 1795 BD-9 variety. The obverse die continued striking coins after this marriage, but the reverse die was replaced, perhaps as these two noted cracks expanded. First year of issue of the denomination, and always in strong collector demand. PCGS# 8066.