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FUN Signature US Coin Sale 1251 4-6 & 8-9 Jan 2017
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1805 $5 BD-2, R.4, AU55 NGC. Ex: Hilt Collection. Bass-Dannreuther Die State g/d. The terminal state for this obverse die, only in its second use, with multiple heavy cracks and bold clash marks. The reverse is heavily clash and lightly cracked but was retained for striking the final three 1805 varieties, as well as the first 1806 variety, where it finally cracked terminally. This Choice AU BD-2 example is lightly struck on the obverse stars, but the border denticles are complete and the central reverse is unusually sharp. A few light marks are scattered across the yellow-gold surfaces, but none are individually distracting. BD-2 is a scarce variety overall, with just 100 to 150 examples believed known, and is noticeably scarcer than the "common" variety for this year, BD-1, which shares this obverse die.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2015), lot 7026.
1805 $5 BD-2, R.4, AU55 NGC. Ex: Hilt Collection. Bass-Dannreuther Die State g/d. The terminal state for this obverse die, only in its second use, with multiple heavy cracks and bold clash marks. The reverse is heavily clash and lightly cracked but was retained for striking the final three 1805 varieties, as well as the first 1806 variety, where it finally cracked terminally. This Choice AU BD-2 example is lightly struck on the obverse stars, but the border denticles are complete and the central reverse is unusually sharp. A few light marks are scattered across the yellow-gold surfaces, but none are individually distracting. BD-2 is a scarce variety overall, with just 100 to 150 examples believed known, and is noticeably scarcer than the "common" variety for this year, BD-1, which shares this obverse die.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2015), lot 7026.