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Long Beach Signature US Coin Sale 1252 16-17 Feb 2017
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Classic Half Eagles
1837 $5 AU50 NGC. Breen-6513, McCloskey 3-C, R.4. Small Date, Script 8. The 2017 Guide Book notes for the 1837 half eagle that "varieties have either script 8 or block-style 8 in date" but does not give the very scarce Script 8 variety a separately priced listing. That may change someday, since the date is also clearly smaller for McCloskey 3-C than the other two known die marriages. This apricot-gold example is minimally abraded aside from a small rim knock near 9 o'clock on the reverse.
1837 $5 AU50 NGC. Breen-6513, McCloskey 3-C, R.4. Small Date, Script 8. The 2017 Guide Book notes for the 1837 half eagle that "varieties have either script 8 or block-style 8 in date" but does not give the very scarce Script 8 variety a separately priced listing. That may change someday, since the date is also clearly smaller for McCloskey 3-C than the other two known die marriages. This apricot-gold example is minimally abraded aside from a small rim knock near 9 o'clock on the reverse.