Lot 1257
1800 $5 Capped Bust. . BD-5, Breen-6438. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and untoned. Great eye appeal. 37,628 struck. The otherwise yellow-gold color yields to warmer light-golden frosty hue on the center high points. Struck with systematic exactness throughout and much crisper than many early Capped Bust fives of this era. The coin has a commanding look to it. Pop 12; 7 finer; 6 in 64; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 8082) .
This, and BD-2, are the most available varieties of 1800. This Blunt 1 variety is easily identified by its reverse die, as both the left foot and right foot of the last A in AMERICA are firmly attached to the claw.
The U.S. population was 5,308,483 in 1800. Almost a fifth of this number, 896,849, consisted of slaves. Jeffersonian Republicans (present-day Democrats) successfully challenged the single-party Government of the Federalists in a bitterly fought Presidential campaign of 1800 between Thomas Jefferson and Federalist John Adams. It was the first election to employ name-calling: Adams was called a madman, warmonger, spendthrift; Jefferson was characterized as a radical revolutionary just waiting to set up a military dictatorship, and to confiscate all Bibles and replace them with his own version thereof.
Estimated Value $27,000 - 30,000.
The Mark Gordon Collection.
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