Lot 2245
1802/1 $5 Capped Bust. . Breen-1C. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned on both sides. Nice clear overdate. Fully lustrous -- an important and rare feature for this not all that well preserved half eagle issue -- the surfaces display dominant warm gold color turning to light peach-orange in areas. Save for the highpoints of the of the feathers in the left wing where they join the left edge of the shield, the strike is above-average, indeed sharp, in all areas. 53,176 struck. Pop 26; 48 finer. (PCGS # 8083) .
Half eagles of 1802 were minted from two distinctly different obverse dies, each an overdate with digit 2 punched over a previous 1. These two overdate obverse dies are very similar in appearance although the first has the top of the 2 distant from the bust and centered over the original digit 1. Some confusion exists regarding reverse dies and which obverse dies with which they were mated.
This example is Breen 1-C and in a middle die state with a few of the later fine reverse die cracks.
Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000.
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