Lot 2100
1805 $5 Capped Bust. Sharpness of MS-60 but possibly repaired. This appears to be either Miller-71 or 74 but this particular coin has been lightly filed along the rim past the second S of STATES, which removed one of the diagnostics of the fused dentils in that area, if they were there. This coin has nice color and is well preserved, but shows light wipe lines as almost all of this period do. Copper toning in the fields of the obverse and reverse, with reflective fields. Boldly struck throughout and a beauty despite the minor rim problem on the reverse, and a small tick above the first A of AMERICA.
The obverse die state is fairly late, there is a bisecting crack through the 0 in the date, a long thin crack from star thirteen to the center of Liberty's neck and mid curl, die rust through LI, and a die line above Liberty's cap. On the reverse the die state is early, and shows the spin up to the right from the left shield point, the dies are clashed with the outline of Liberty's head at the base of the shield and BER are clashed near the tail.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
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