1804 AR $5 J-30, Private Restrike MS(PCGS#507340)
1804 AR $5 J-30, Private Restrike MS (PCGS#507340)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3446
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 81,404
- 详细说明
- <strong>Obv:</strong> Struck from the obverse die of the regular issue 1804 BD-4 half eagle. <strong>Rev:</strong> Struck from the reverse die of the regular issue 1804 BD-7 half eagle. A generally pewter-gray specimen with mottled toning in deep orange-russet that is more extensive on the obverse. Well defined overall, especially in light of the extensively cracked and/or rusted state of the dies. Tooling in the left and right obverse field areas is noted for accuracy - an obvious and unfortunate attempt by an early owner to remove or at least lessen the severity of the die rust.<p>This piece was struck privately using dies that the Mint sold as scrap in the early 1860s. The responsible party may have been Joseph J. Mickley or Dr. Montroville Dickeson, per the <em>uspatterns.com</em> website. The first appearance was in W. Elliott Woodward's Jeremiah Colburn Collection sale. Examples are known in silver, copper and tin, with silver impressions numbering only three or four in numismatic hands. Unusual, very rare, and sure to excite specialists.