1795 $5 BD-3, Small Eagle MS(PCGS#519852)

Elite

拍卖行

Superior Galleries

批号

592

等级

MS62

价格

591,085

详细说明

1795 Small Eagle. BD-3 Breen-6412. Rarity-5. NGC graded Mint State 62. Shimmering luster, bright and yellow-golden in color. This is an exceptional example with deep bold strike showing outstanding design definition, including sharp central obverse and reverse. An exciting opportunity for the collector! This, our earliest gold piece, was struck during George Washington’s second administration. Few people realize that the first President was one of the Mint’s most avid supporters, seeing the organization through its darkest days when congress wasn’t overly keen on having such a high-cost facility funded by taxpayers. Why, just holding a coin like this frosty 1795 Half Eagle in one’s hand creates an image of those halcyon days when America was fresh out of the nest and struggling to survive, while the rest of the planet seemed large and menacing. That we survived, and that this gold piece survived, it a testament to the power of an idea: that a people are fully capable of guiding their own destiny. Die characteristics: From an obverse with stars 11 and 12 merged, star 11 joining Y. The reverse has a palm leaf merged with center of U. Final S in STATES is low and solidly merged with the wreath. Struck from a fascinating pair of dies, we can list only one or two identifying points on the reverse: The letter T of United has its lower left serif running heavily into the top feather of the eagle’s right wing and the serif overlies the feather so that its entire length may be seen. A faint raised spur runs from the left edge of a denticle into the top right edge of the letter T.