1813 $5 MS(PCGS#8116)
1813 $5 MS (PCGS#8116)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3186
- 等级
- MS63
- 价格
- 248,497
- 详细说明
- Uniform honey-orange color adorns the lustrous surfaces of this choice Mint State example. Nicely centered with sharp definition throughout the design. Overall untroubled by significant marks, uncommonly so for the assigned grade, and with outstanding eye appeal. BD Die State b/b.<p>As a series, the Capped Head Left half eagles struck from 1813 to 1834 are among the most challenging in all U.S. numismatics. Most examples are from the first year, 1813, as they were set aside by the contemporary public due to the novelty of the design. Most other issues and varieties are rare, if not non-collectable, since rising gold prices resulted in the wholesale destruction of pre-1834 U.S. gold coins through the mid 1830s. The present example represents the BD-1 die pairing, identifiable by the reverse die, since both varieties share the same obverse. For BD-1, the first letter S in STATES is over the right side of the letter E in the Latin motto E PLURIBUS UNUM.