Lot 2374
1813 $5 Capped Head. . Breen-6467. NCS graded Details of EF-40. A popular type coin and well worth over estimated price. Scratched. A single new obverse was used in striking both die varieties of 1813. Of this distinctive (and often exceedingly expensive) type, the first year, 1813, is the only readily accessible issue of this type. Besides the modificationn of the portrait and the eagle by John Reich for 1813, the arrows are completely different. On the previous type, they are long and tightly bunched, while the new type has broad arrows that are spread apart. The modified portrait is obvious, as are the nearly continuous stars encircling Liberty, the first starting right above the bust tip and the final one ending just above the back curl (PCGS # 8116) .
Estimated Value $2,250 - 2,500.
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| Realized $2,990 |
