Lot 1594
$5 Gold Capped Bust/Large Eagle. 1802, 2 over 1. AU-50. Bright yellow gold with satiny luster present, heaviest on reverse. This coin was struck hard and all the design detail is brought up on both sides. Faint hairlines exist on the obverse fields. There is a patch of small, fine scratches above the top of the cap. Reverse detail is very close to mint state with the eagle's feathers completely sharp and possessing mint frost. The breast feathers show no signs of wear. A very choice early half eagle.
Evidently this is a variety that Robert Miller, Sr. never encountered. On the obverse the BE of LIBERTY are close at bottom but do not touch. The date is high and the 2 touches the drapery. There is a large rim cud above the T of UNITED. A die break starts at the denticles above U and continues to the bottom of I. Another starts above the E and goes above D before heading back to the border. The leaf touches the bottom left serif of I and actually sticks back above the top of that same serif.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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