Lot 2217
1800 $5 Gold Capped Bust. PCGS graded MS-61 Miller-44, Breen 1-D. R-3. Rich yellow gold with some slight reflectivity to the fields. The skin of this coin is completely intact and this beauty has never been dipped or altered. Luster is thick, radial and arcs around Liberty. Faint remnants of a clashmark are seen in front of the neck. A well struck piece with absolutely no signs of any friction or wear … a truly uncirculated specimen. No adjustment marks are found on the obverse or reverse. The quality of the reverse is evenly matched to the obverse and the delicate feathers just above the shield are untouched, sharp and frosty. Classified as Miller-44, Breen 1-D with all the characteristics matching. We do not that in Miller's reference he stated that the stem ending just past the right of the final A of AMERICA almost touches that same A but on this specimen the stem obviously touches the foot of the final A of AMERICA. Additionally, there is a small die crack down from the rim through the top loop of R of AMERICA. PCGS has graded 18 in MS-61, 36 in MS-62, 22 in M-63 and 6 in MS-64 as finest (PCGS # 8082) .
Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000.
The Michael M. Magdic Collection.
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